PART II:- The Grave Listings

1. ADAMS, Charles H. [unmarked]

b. abt. 1853 - d. February 8, 1931

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #4529-1931; cause of death "cerebral hemorrhage"; born in Boston Mass, Merchant; parents not mentioned in record; informant J.W. Kegley of Erwin; buried in "Martins Creek."

 

2. ADKINS, Janice [unmarked]

b. abt. 1913 - d. March 24, 1934

 

3.  BEAVER, Charles McThaddeus [unmarked]

b. abt 1865 - d. February 25, 1932

[s/o Stephen Beaver and Emily Williams]

 

4a.  BEAVER, Georgia Cleo [unmarked]

b. August 1946 - d. October 27, 1946

[d/o Effie Pearl Beaver]

 

4b.  BEAVER, infant [unmarked]

b/d August 29, 1947

[d/o Effie Pearl Beaver]

 

5.  BRACKINS, Seley [unmarked]

b. 1841 - d. July 14, 1927

[w/o Thomas Brackins; children: James C., Gabriel M., David E. Altha M., Catherine]

 

6.  BRADY, Jenetta A. [VANDEWATER] [unmarked]

b. August 2, 1863 - d. March 21, 1936

[d/o unknown and ____ Vandewater of Indiana; w/o Samuel E. Brady]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #8436-1936, cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis"; informant husband of Erwin; father unknown and mother was a Vandewater; buried "Martins Creek ."

7.  HARRIS, Terry Lee

b. June 15, 1946 - d. December 5, 1949

"Teddy We're Coming"

[s/o Jake Harris and Myrtle Price #8a/b]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co., Death Cert #49-28735; cause of death "spinal meningitis" photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

 

8a.  HARRIS, Jake

b. October 9, 1917 - d. February 18, 2000

PFC US Army - WWII

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

8b.  HARRIS, Myrtle PRICE
b. March 7, 1923 - d. December 17, 1971
"Have Faith in God"
[w/o Jake Harris #8a]

9.  PUCKETT, Frances
b. 1937 - d. 1949

10a.  SHEHAN, Samuel Tilden
b. May 16, 1884 - d. June 8, 1949

10b.  SHEHAN, Rissie Elizabeth
b. May 29, 1893 - d. [bef. 1992]
[w/o Samuel Tilden #10a]

11a.  SHEHAN, Edward
b. August 24, 1914 - d. July 10, 1999

11b.  SHEHAN, Donnie ADAMS
b.  September 29, 1918 - d. March 12, 2001
[w/o Edward Sheehan #12a]

12a.  WHITSON, D. Jeanetta
b. August 9, 1930 - d. February 21, 1992

12b.  WHITSON, Ricky
b. July 7, 1957 - d. January 3, 1958
[s/o Jeanetta #12a]

13.  WELLS, Robert S.
b. May 11, 1898 - d. September 10, 1958
Pvt. 307, GR REG Service QMC - WWI

14. ENGLE, George E.
b. June 6, 1932 - d. May 27, 1998
US Army - Korea
[s/o James W. Engle and Louise Edwards #15a/b; 1st wife - Bertha L.]

15a.  ENGLE, James Willie
b. October 8, 1907 - d. October 28, 1963
Pvt. Co., M 22nd Infantry, WWII

15b.  ENGLE, Louise [EDWARDS]
b. August 16, 1907 - d. September 15, 1948
[w/o James Willie Engle #15a; children: George, Helen, Edna, Mamie, Carl, I.G.]

15c.  ENGLE, Rebecca Lynn
b. March 29, 1966 - d. July 28, 1994

16.  ENGLE, Tony Michael [unmarked]
b. April 1932 - d. October 22, 1963
[died age 6 months;  s/o I. G. Engle and Wilma Tinker]

17.  SCOTT, Laura Lee [unmarked]
b. December 31, 1917 - d. February 11, 1950
[d/o Boyd Scott and Rebecca Lynn Engle #15c]

18a.  JOHNSON, Hank [Harley] Sherman
b. March 14, 1894 - d. September 24, 1996
US Army - WWI

18b.  JOHNSON, Alice Elizabeth [BRITT]
b. September 11, 1899 - d. January 26, 1987
[w/o Harley Sherman Johnson #18; d/o Frank Hannum Britt and Dora Elizabeth Price buried Jobe Cem.]

19.  JOHNSON, Samuel Lee
b. 1924 - d. 1948
"We Will Meet Again"
[s/o Harley S. Johnson and Alice E. Britt #18 a/b]

20.  JOHNSON, Harley S. Jr.
b. Mary 24, 1918 - d. January 10, 1994
"We Will Meet Again"
[s/o Harley S. Johnson and Alice E. Britt #18 a/b]

21.  JOHNSON, Dorothy Evelyn "Dartha"
b. September 7, 1925 - d. June 28, 1930
"Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Johnson"
[s/o Harley S. Johnson and Alice E. Britt #18 a/b]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14941; cause of death "double pneumonia"; informant mother of Erwin; buried "Martins Creek."

22.  GOUGE, Mary K.
b. December 30, 1951 - d. September 12, 1952
[infant d/o L. A. Gouge and Ramona Johnson]

23.  STAMPER, Roger Dale
b. September 22, 1948 - d. January 19, 1950

24a.  BAILEY, Hannah [WILSON]

b. 1863 - d. 1947

[w/o Zebb Bailey; children: William N., Morgan, Rebbie, John Calvin, Samuel and others]

 

24b.  BAILEY, Zebb

b. 1856 - d. [December 1] 1950

[s/o Stephen Morgan Bailey and Rebecca Deyton]

NOTE:  Photo of Zeb and Hannah, courtesy Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

25a.  BAILEY, John Calvin

b. November 15, 1890 - d. August 2, 1967

PFC US Army, WWI

[s/o Zebb Bailey and Hannah Wilson #24a/b]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

25b.  BAILEY, Leona HUGHES
b. December 8, 1890 - d. July 27, 1949
[w/o John Calvin Bailey; d/o Baxter Hughes and Lovie Taylor;

children: Clyde #27, John C. Jr. #27, unnamed #27]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

26.  BAILEY, Clyde
b. July 14, 1927 - d. February 13, 1972
S1 US Navy, WWII
[s/o John Calvin "JC" Bailey and Leona Hughes #25/26]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

27a.  BAILEY,  [unnamed infant]

b. March 20, 1925 - d. March 21, 1925

[s/o John Calvin "JC" Bailey and Leona Hughes #25/26]

 

27b.  BAILEY John Calvin, Jr.

b. January 23, 1929 - d. June 15, 1930

[s/o John Calvin Bailey and Leona Hughes #25/26]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

28a.  WILSON, Nathan D.

b. 1889 - d. 1946

[s/o Zeb Wilson and Louvina Bryant]

 

28b.  WILSON, Leona H.

b. 1892 - 1977

[w/o Nathan D. #28a]

 

29a.  SMITH, W. W. "Bill" [William]

b. July 29, 1873 - d. January 5, 1955

 

29b. SMITH, Aldecky BRIGGS

b. February 17, 1879 - d. December 13, 1961

[w/o William "Bill" Smith #29a]

30.  HARRIS, James Edward

b. May 5, 1923 - d. March 28, 1950

[s/o Barnett Harris and Cora Lee Horn #31]

NOTE:  Death Cert. #50-07151 - Unicoi Co., TN; died of Lobar Pneumonia; Occupation - laborer in factory

tombstone photo courtesy of Peggy Gillen

31. HARRIS, Cora Lee [HORNE]

b. July 20, 1876 - d. November 10, 1940

[d/o Frank Horn and Ida McCrackin buried Horn Cem  of Rocky Fork;  w/o Barnett Harris married July 4, 1898; sister of Drew Horne #113]

NOTE:  Death Cert. #26521 - Unicoi Co., TN; died age 64 "influenza"; informant B. Harris; photo bbpytel

32a.  BAILEY, Virgie

b. January 29, 1935 - d. April 30, 1951

[d/o R. C. Bailey and Reba Prather #33]

 

32b.  BAILEY, Virgil A. [unmarked]

b. ? - d. December 22, 1957

 

33.  BAILEY, Reba [PRATHER]

b. April 12, 1909 - d. October 22, 1990

"She Gave More Than She Took - Beloved Mother"

[w/o R. C. Bailey]

 

34.  HIGGINS, Claude Smith

b. April 10, 1893 - d. June 16, 1952

Co. D, Pvt. 166th Infantry, WWI

 

35.  HIGGINS, Bessie E.

b. July 22, 1900 - July 24, 1984

"She Gave Us Love and Strength"

[w/o Claude Smith Higgins #34]

 

36.  HIGGINS, Nancy Janet  [unmarked]

b/d September 29, 1940

[d/o Claude Smith Higgins #34 and Bessie E. #35]

 

37.  HIGGINS, Samuel [unmarked]

b/d  June 6, 1931

[s/o Edward Higgins and Pearl Bailey]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14107-1931; cause of death "premature birth"; married; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

 

38.  CRABTREE, Julia Ann [unmarked]

b/ ? - d. January 20, 1942

[infant d/o Garland Crabtree and Virginia Higgins]

39.  TIPTON, Edward Edison

b. September 3, 1924 - March 11, 1961

T. Sgt. 1045 Base Unit AAF AM & 2OLC - WWII

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GM Edwards --taken 2012

40.  TIPTON, Molly

b. September 20, 1900 - d. November 24, 1976

45. MATHES, Clyde A.

b. March 17, 1911 - d. February 1, 1957

Pvt., Btry A, 329TH  Field Artillery Battalion - WWII

[s/o George W. Mathes #46 and Margaret Tittle]

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GM Edwards --taken 2012

46.  MATHES, George W.

b. May 8, 1889 - July 24, 1966

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GM Edwards --taken 2012

47.  RIDDLE, Clarence J.

b. April 14, 1935 - d. January 26, 1995

"In Memory of Our Father"

 

48.  ANGEL, Mack

b. 1900 - d. 1957

[s/o Theodore Angel and Zettie Anglin]

49a.  LAWING, Ballard E.

PFC US Marines Corp - Korea

b. May 2, 1931 - d. July 30, 1990

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

49b.  BALLARD, Anita LAWING

b. May 28, 1952 - d. January 28, 2006

[d/o Ballard E. Lawing]

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

50.  RIDDLE, James M.

b. May 2, 1900 - d. June 9, 1958

 

51. RIDDLE, Maggie [Margaret]

b. November 22, 1907 - d. June 19, 1993

[w/o James M. Riddle #51a]

52.  SPARKS, Myrtle Alice (infant)

b/d March 1941

"Our Little Girl"

 

53.  GILLIS, Ann Marie [unmarked]

b. abt. 1930 - d. October 28, 1932

[d/o Frank Gillis and Lula Sparks]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #22206-1932, died 2 years, 8 mos; cause of death "diphtheria"; father of Erwin informant; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

54a.  WIGAND, Howard B.

b. ? - d. 1989

 

54b.  WIGAND, Viola [GILLIS]

b. 1926 - d. May 31, 2002

[d/o Frank Gillis and Lula Sparks; w/o Howard B. Wigand;

NOTE:  Retired from Images Fiberglass and was formerly employed as a seamstress by Industrial Garment. Mrs. Wigand was a Baptist

 

55.  BURLESON, Tommy Wayne

b/d April 1948

56a. TIPTON, Zeake

b. January 1, 1908 - d. December 31, 1933

[s/o Charles Tipton and ___ Honeycutt of NC; wife Hassie Hughes]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #27511-1933; cause of death "tuberculosis"; parents mentioned in records but mother's first name was illegible.  Photo courtesy of GM Edwards taken 2012.

56b.  TIPTON, Lela  [unmarked]

b. 1931 - d. April 25, 1934

[d/o Zeake Tipton #56a and Hassie Hughes of Mitchell Co., NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9645-1934,  died age 3, cause of death "pneumonia,"; informant Britt Tipton of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

57.  TIPTON, Jack

b. July 21, 1930 - d. May 10, 1969

Spec. 4, US Army

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of GM Edwards taken 2012.

58.  MCCURRY, Maxine

b. April 16, 1926 - d. September 28, 1926

[d/o Harrison McCurry and Marie Sparks of NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #23177-1926, died age 5, cause of death "double pneumonia"; informant Tim Sparks of Erwin; parents mentioned in record.

 

59.  HIGGINS, Shelby

b. March 6, 1872 - d. August 3, 1953

 

60.  HIGGINS, Fronie [Nora MCCOURRY]
b. March 9, 1874 - d. July 11, 1934
[w/o Shelby Higgins #59]

 

61.  HIGGINS, Frank
b. January 5, 1908 - March 18, 1931
[s/o Shelby Higgins #59 and Nora McCourry #60; married to Lucy ___]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14106; cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis; married;  informant Sam Luttrell of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried Martins Creek.

 

62.  HIGGINS, Infant  [unmarked]
b./d. August 10, 1929
[child of Frank Higgins and Helen Doan]

 

63.  WILLIAMS, Donnie B.
b. September 29, 1909 - d. November 27, 1944

 

64.  ROBERTS, Lenny [twin]
b. February 11, 1926 - d. January 12, 1927

 

65.  ROBERTS, Lucy [twin]
b. February 11, 1926 - d. January 30, 1927

 

66.  BROOKS, James P.
b. September 17, 1859 - d.  [bef. 1930]

 

67.  BROOKS, Ann BARR
b. January 30, 1859 - d. August 23, 1919
[w/o James P. #68]

 

69.  BROOKS, Vernie Elizabeth [unmarked]

b. April 25, 1914 - d. September 1, 1914

[d/o Robert Brooks and Nora Daniels]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #68 [1914] cause of death "acute indigestion"; father informant; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

70.  BROOKS, Roy Roberts
b.  February 28, 1903 - d. November 27, 1963
[s/o James P. and Ann Barr #69]

 

71.  BROOKS, Maxine [ROWE]
b. January 11, 1905 - d.
[w/o Roy R. #70]

 

72.  ROBERTS, [unnamed infant]
b/d December 30, 1913
[s/o Jake H. Roberts #73 and Zora C. #74]

 

73.  ROBERTS, Jake H.
b. 1881 - d. 1943

 

74.  ROBERTS, Zora C.
b. 1897 - d. [abt. 1980]
[w/o Jake H. #73]

 

75.  ROBERTS, Daniel G.
b. 1920 - d. ?

76.  LOVE, J. R. [John]

b. March 31, 1844 - d. March 28, 1912

[Co. I, Pvt., Fields Tenn Infantry]

CSA Confederate Army - Civil War

[s/o of William P. Love #164 and Nancy A. Hartsell #165]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #90890, died age 68, cause of death "paralysis"; married, died "March 26, 1912."

 Photo of Tombstone is knocked over on its side --taken by bbpytel

77.  LOVE, Isaac Robert

b. 1845 - d. October 29, 1931

"Age 86 - Free Mason"

[s/o of William P. Love #164 and Nancy A. Hartsell #165]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #28156; cause of death "hemipliga"; widower; lived 84 yrs.; parents mentioned in record and buried Martins Creek.

 

78.  LOVE, Mary E. [ROBERTS]

b. abt. 1844 - d. February 20, 1928  "Age 85"

[w/o Isaac R. #77; d/o Daniel G. Roberts #80 and Mary B. #79]

81.  HUGHES, Moses

b. November 9, 1854 - d. October 17, 1913

82.  HUGHES, Mary Etta [LOVE]

b. March 6, 1864 - d. September 1, 1930

"Wife of Moses Hughes" [ #81]

[d/o Robert Love and Jennie Tapp;  children:  William R. #83, Celia #84, Frank E. #85]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #22939-1990, cause of death "Brights Disease and heart lesion"; widow; informant Mrs. Erwin Hensley of Erwin; buried "Martins Creek."

83.  HUGHES, William R.

b. January 17, 1882 - d. March 28, 1882

[infant s/o Moses Hughes #81 and Mary Etta #82]

 

84.  HUGHES, Delia

b. November 16, 1888 - d. July 14, 1889

[infant d/o Moses Hughes #81 and Mary Etta #82]

 

85.  HUGHES, Frank B.

b. ? - d. January 12, 1903

[s/o Moses Hughes #81 and Mary Etta #82]

 

86.  HENSLEY, Rachel E.

b. January 24, 1838 - d. September 12, 1891

[w/o J. A. Hensley]

 

87.  BAILEY, Dovie

b. November 8, 1869 - September 3, 1907

[s/o B. G. Bailey and unknown]

88.  ALDRIDGE, Isaac Edmund

b. December 20, 1870 - d. January 30, 1940

 

89.  ALDRIDGE, Elizabeth [HARRIS]

b. December 15, 1875 - d. June 14. 1957

[w/o Isaac E. Aldridge - married September 2, 1893

d/o William H. Harris and Judy Banner #206-207; children:  Robert, Maude, Harrison, May, Henry #91, Ruth #90, Paul, Judie, Sarah, Thomas, Albert, Pearl]

90.  ALDRIDGE, Ruth

b. January 14, 1906 - d. March 1, 1906

[infant d/o Isaac E. Aldridge #88 and Elizabeth Harris #89]

 

91.  ALDRIDGE, H. [Henry] M.

b. August - d. September 6, 1900

[lived 28 days, s/o Isaac Aldridge #88 and Elizabeth Harris #89]

 

92.  BAILEY, Samuel   [unmarked]

b. 1869 - d. January 5, 1932

[s/o Ansel Bailey and Mary Bailey]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #1787; cause of death "nephritis-high blood pressure"; lived 63 years;  informant Charlie Harris of Erwin;

93.  BAILEY, Hiram

b. June 15, 1825 - d. June 14, 1906

"Remember Youth"

[actual birth date October 15, 1825 - NC; s/o John Wesley Bailey and Lovada Ray;

NOTE:  Died of a heart attack; buried in a coffin with a glass window. Due to the heat from decomposing, his body swelled and face ruptured in the coffin; A section of Martin's Creek Cemetery  was part of Hiram's farm of the Lilly Dale community of Erwin]  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

94.  BAILEY, Sarah  [DEYTON]

b. July 3, 1825 - d. August 14, 1905

[d/o Eldridge Deyton and Sophia Dobson; w/o Hiram Bailey #93;  children: Elmira, Calvin, Milton P. #124, Cornelius, Hiram B. Jr. #96, McNally, Mary, Ansel, John C.]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

96.  BAILEY, Hiram B., Jr.

b.  August 25, 1858 - d. March 9, 1936

[s/o Hiram Bailey #93 and Sarah Deyton #94]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #8433-1936, born in NC, cause of death "general breakdown"; widower; informant Bernie Bailey of Erwin; buried "Martins Creek."

97.  BAILEY, Delcena [BYRD]

b.  October 23, 1861 - d. February 23, 1926

[w/o Hiram B. #96; d/o Charles C. Byrd and Hannah Elizabeth Griffith]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #10842-1926; born in NC on "Oct. 25, 1961";  cause of death "intestinal nephritis"; married; informant Hiram Bailey of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

 

98.  BAILEY, James D.

b. 1884 - d. 1949

[s/o Alfred Gibbs Bailey and Mary Jane Slagle #437]

 

99.  BAILEY, Essa

b. 1886 - d. 1928

[s/o Hiram B. Bailey #96 and Delcena Byrd #97]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record shows he died at age 42; widower and cause of death "typhoid"; parents mentioned

 

100.  BAILEY, Infant

b/d August 30, 1910

 

101.  BAILEY, Infant
b/d September 28, 1905

102a.  BAILEY, Infant

b/d June 26, 1913

Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

102b.  BAILEY, infant son

b/d May 15, 1915

[s/o Milton A. Bailey and Mary L. Peterson of Green Mnt]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #492 [1915]; "stillborn", parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

103.  BAILEY, [?]

b. July 4, 1923 - d. December 22, 1923

[s/o James Bailey #98]

 

104.  BAILEY, Johnnie Austin

b. September 28, 1927 - d. September 23, 1929

[s/o Charles L. Bailey Sr. and Ethel Norris]

105.  BAILEY, Toby Joe

b. August 23, 1932 - d. May 23, 1933

[s/o Charles L. Bailey Sr. and Ethel Norris]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #10916; cause of death "dysentery"; s/o "O.L. Bailey and Ethel Norris";  father was  informant; buried in Martin Creek.  Photo courtesy of Chad Bailey chadfredb@gmail.com

107.  O'BRIEN, Eugene O.

b. October 29, 1915 - d. March 13, 1966

PFC 687th FA, WWII

 

108.  HOYLE, J. M. [Jeremiah Mac]

b. 1869 [April 12, 1876]  - d. January 9, 1943

[s/o Hiram Solomon Hoyle #347 and Elzira Blankenship #348; 1st married to Susan Roberts; children: David, Pearl, Fred, Delia, Maggie, Chester, Wilsie, Fleety #350.

NOTE:  killed by a falling tree

 

109.  CHANDLER, Arthur

b/d January 30, 1920

[s/o Arthur Chandler of NC and Annie Crain]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #377-1920, cause of death "stillborn"; informant J. Crain of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

110.  TIPTON, Phoebe

b. May 30, 1885 - d. January 7, 1974

111.  HARRIS, Frank

b? - d. May 27, 1931

[married Jennie Whaley]

Tennessee - PVT. 127th Infantry, 32nd Division

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

112a.  HARRIS, Infant

b/d March 27, 1916

[infant d/o J. F. Harris and Jennie Whaley of Wash. Co. TN]

 

112b. HARRIS, Jude  [unmarked]

b. June 16, 1917 - d. July 19, 1917

[infant d/o J. F. Harris and Jennie Whaley  of Wash. Co. TN]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #493-1917, cause of death "unknown"; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

113.  HORNE, Drew Franklin

b. March 14, 1886 - d. July 10, 1932

[s/o Frank Horne of SC (b. June 1860) and Ida McCrackin (b. June 1857) buried Horn Cem]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death record #15913-1932, cause of death "alcoholism"; single; informant Lee Horne of Greenville; died July 11, 1932; buried "Martins Creek."

115.  LAWING, Margaret

b. May 30, 1856 - d. June 26, 1937

116.  HORN, William R.

b. March 7, 1884 - d. March 31, 1954

[s/o Frank Horn (b. Jan 1860) and Ida McCrackin (b. Jan. 1857) buried Horn Cem]

 

117.  HORN, Eliza J.

b. July 17, 1889 - d. January 16, 1979

[w/o William R. Horn #116]

 

118.  BANNER, Cordie [STEWART]

b. December 16, 1879 - d. July 18, 1908

[w/o David Sinclair Banner]

119.  BANNER, Ernest Carter

b. March 29, 1905 - d. September 1, 1905

[infant s/o David Sinclair Banner and Cordie Stewart #118]

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GME --taken 2012

120.  BANNER, Virgie Mae

b. December 17, 1907 - d. April 7, 1908
[infant d/o David Sinclair Banner and Cordie Stewart #118]

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GME --taken 2012

121. TIPTON, Samuel L.

b. about 1845 - d./ ?

Pvt., Co. F., 3rd NC Mtd Infantry, Union Army

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GME --taken 2012

126.  WOODWARD, B. W. [Benjamin Webb]

b. December 24, 1830 - d. May 31, 1898

Pvt. and 3rd Lt., Co. A. 64th Regiment, Allen's; NC Infantry -CSA

[s/o Isham Davis Woodward and Rebecca Webb]

NOTE: Benjamin was captured on Sept. 9, 1863 at Cumberland Gap, TN.   He was transferred to a military prison in Louisville, KY for 2 weeks then moved to Johnson's Isle prison in Sandusky, OH where he remained until released on June 12, 1865.  Benjamin served as Justice of  the Peace, Yancey, Co., NC and Registrar of Deeds after the war.

130.  BENNETT, Harriett

b. ? - d. November 9, 1869

[w/o Anderson Bennett #129]

143.  MCINTURFF, [Prince] William

b. January 14, 1837 - d. October 25, 1902

"Sheriff Bill - Served Unicoi Co. Commissioner, Magistrate and Postmaster"

[s/o Gabriel McInturff and Axia "Amy" Nelson]

NOTE:  two tombstones for William, original and new double headstone joined with wife]

photo of Prince William McInturff courtesy Wanda L. Harrell  http://wandaharrell.com/45600.html

144.  MCINTURFF, Rhoda A. [DYER]

b. April 11, 1838 - d. February 8, 1882

[w/o Prince William McInturff #143; d/o married October 20, 1858;  children: Gabriel Alexander, Henry C., Ann E., Mary E. #147, William Servier #145; Rhoda Sophrenia, Robert]

NOTE:  photo of Prince William McInturff courtesy Wanda L. Harrell  http://wandaharrell.com/45600.html

145.  MCINTURFF, William Servier [unmarked]

b. 1869 - d. January 20, 1937

[s/o Prince William McInturff #143 and Rhoda A. Dyer #144]

Note: died abt. age 67 of heart attack

 

146.  MCINTURFF, Sarah Dorcas [HOYLE] [unmarked]

b. abt. 1866 - October 1913

[1st w/o William S. McInturff #145 married October 16, 1909; d/o Hiram Solomon Hoyle #347 and Elzira Blankenship #348;

children: Julia and Ida Lee. 

 

147.  MCINTURFF, Mary E.

b. May 5, 1862 - d. November 14, 1886
[d/o Prince William McInturff and Rhoda Dyer #143/144]

148.  HUSKINS, Sarah L.

b. February 28, 1836 - d. June 5, 1898

NOTE:  photo courtesy GME - taken 2012

149.  HUSKINS, S. C.
b. December 17, 1880 - d. February 20, 1882

150.  HODGE, Mary
b. December 28, 1889 - d. October20, 1890

151.  HODGE, Rose Etta [unmarked]
b. abt. 1902 - d. April 3, 1931
[d/o Jim Hodge and Maggie Bennett]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9586; cause of death "spinal meningitis"; informant Bob Widener of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek cemetery"

 

152.  HUSKINS, John
b. March 15, 1837 - d. March 4, 1914

Pvt., Co. M. 8th Tenn Cav -  Union Army

[s/o Robert Huskins and Catherine Plott of McDowell, NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9 [1914], cause of death "asthma", informant Lizzie of Erwin, buried in Martins Creek.

 

153.  HUSKINS, Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie"
b. February 22, 1859 [or 1862] - d. March 24, 1948
[w/o John Huskins #152; children: William M. #473 and Mary A.]

154.  HUSKINS, Cinda E.
b. January 18, 1885 - d. June 5, 1890

155.  CROWDER, Mary Evelyn
b. June 20, 1935 - d. September 19, 1935

156.  HANEY, Oscar
b. March 19, 1938 - d. July 2, 1938

157.  HANEY, James Garfield
b. March 30, 1941 - d. June 5, 1941

158.  TAPP, Fannie

b. November 7, 1877 d. January 26, 1931

[d/o Jake Tapp buried Jobe Cem and 1st wife Axie Baldwin]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #2192-1931, single; cause of death "influenza and pneumonia"; informant A. M. Smith of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Erwin."

169a.  LOVE, Jacob Dillard
b. November 9, 1842 - d. May 10, 1907
"Free Mason"
Pvt., Co. I, 63rd Infantry - Fain's Regiment, Tenn- CSA
[s/o William Love #164 and Nancy A. Hartsell #165]

169b.  LOVE, Phoeba [STOUT]
b. April 10, 1840 - d. January 26, 1923
"Wife of J.D. Love - Her spirit at rest"
[w/o Jacob D. Love #169]

170a.  LOVE, Paul  [unmarked]

b. March 19, 1908 - d. March 3, 1918

[s/o Dillard Love and Gertrude Stewart]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #543 [1918]; cause of death "burned to death in burning building"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

 

170b.  LOVE, Grant  [unmarked]

b. July 28, 1906 - d. March 3, 1918

[s/o Dillard Love and Gertrude Stewart]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #544 [1918]; cause of death "burned to death in burning building"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

 

170c. LOVE, Roy [unmarked]

b. September 28, 1910 - d. March 3, 1918

[s/o Dillard Love and Gertrude Stewart]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #542 [1918]; cause of death "burned to death in burning building"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

171a.  LOVE, Dillard Stewart

b. 1877 - d. 1937

171b.  LOVE, Gertrude Beatrice [STEWART]
b. 1880 - d. February 28, 1944
[w/o Dillard S. #171a; d/o James Stewart and Delia Wiseman]

173.  CROSSWHITE, Jennie [ALLEN]
b. June 16, 1829 - d. January 10, 1894
[w/o George H. Crosswhite; children: Alonzo, Isaac J. #174, Mary E., Eliza M., Jennette C., Carrie #375, Margaret #301]
NOTE:  Husband George H. Crosswhite was a shoemaker

174.  CROSSWHITE, Isaac J.

b. June 10, 1857 - d. August 12, 1940

[s/o George Crosswhite and Jennie Allen]

"In God We Trust"

175.  CROSSWHITE, Nannie [Nancy LOVE]

b. August 12, 1855 - d. May 1, 1931

[w/o Isaac J. Crosswhite - married October 21, 1878; d/o Samuel Love and Syndia Green;

 lived 71 yrs, 8 mos, 18 days]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #11892; cause of death "Brights Disease"

176.  SHORES, Elva Donnie May
b. January 14, 1896 - d. April 1, 1896
[infant d/o W. W. Shores and Ellie V.]

177.  SMITH, Thomas M. [Marion]

b. September 1, 1862 - d. March 3, 1941

 

178.  SMITH, Clara [ALLEN]

b. May 1, 1861 - d. October 12, 1936

[w/o Thomas M.; d/o Robert Allen #267 & Serephine "Sarah" F. McInturff #268;

children are: Sarah E. #179b, Mary Frances #741, Georgie, Ella, Bonnie, Alfred]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #26137-1936; cause of death "cerebral hemorrhage", husband of Erwin informant; parents noted in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

179a.  HARRIS, Isaac J. "Ike"
b. April 9, 1883 - d. May 19, 1966

"Father At Rest"
[s/o William Harrison Harris and Judy Banner #206-207]

 

179b.  HARRIS, Sallie E. [Sarah E. SMITH]
b. June 11, 1885 - d. December 5, 1961

"A Loving and Devoted Mother"
[w/o Isaac J. Harris #179 - married August 2, 1902; d/o Thomas M. Smith #177 and Clara Allen #178; children: Samuel, Clarence #182, Millard, Thomas, Jack, Robbie, Clara N. #275, Etta]

180.  HARRIS, Clyde

b. September 22, 1905 - d. July 23, 1906
[s/o Isaac J. Harris #179 and Sallie E. Smith #180]

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen 2010

181.  HARRIS, Clarence

b. August 5, 1915 - d. September 6, 1943
[s/o Isaac J. Harris #179 and Sallie E. Smith #180]

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen 2010

182.  HARRIS, Dorothy [unmarked]
b. abt. 1912 - d. January 26, 1932
[d/o Hays Harris]

183.  HARRIS, Ernest [unmarked]
b. abt. 1921 - d. May 17, 1927
[d/o Samuel Harris and ___ Gillis

184.  HARRIS, infant [unmarked]
b/d. January 31, 1938
[s/o Robert Harris and Dixie]

185a.  HARRIS, Frederick

b. March 9, 1932 - d. August 25, 1997

 

185b.  HARRIS, Lois

b.  January 13, 1935 - d. July 12, 2001

"Devoted Mother and Father"

[married October 4, 1958]

186.  MCNALLEY, Henry T.
b. 1882 - d. 1952

187.  MCNALLEY, Rebecca Ann [BULLIONS]
b. 1890 - d. March 16, 1933
[w/o Henry T.; w/o James Bullions and Sarah Smith]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #6837-1933; cause of death "blood poison"; informant husband of Erwin; parents mentined in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

188.  GENTRY, Christopher P.
b. 1883 - d. 1947
[s/o John Butler Gentry and Sarah Moore]

189.  GENTRY, Mary D. [WHITE]
b. 1900 - d. abt. 1990
[w/o Christopher P.; d/o George W. White #201 and Hester Ann Edwards #202]

190.  FOSTER, Colonel E.

b. September 29, 1886 - d. April 12, 1968

Pvt., US ARMY WWI

NOTE: photo bbpytel 2005

191.  FOSTER, Lula Mae [WHITE]

b. July 7, 1891 - d. July 4, 1982

[wife of Colonel Emmert Foster #190; d/o George W. White #201 and Hester Ann Edwards #202]

NOTE: photo bbpytel 2005

192.  WHITE, James Wilson

b. September 2, 1897 - d. May 22, 1959

[s/o George W. White #201 and Hester A. Edwards #202]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy GM Edwards - taken 2012

193.  WHITE, Phoebe Elizabeth [HAMPTON]

b. August 31, 1904 - d. January 27, 1943

[1st w/o James Wilson #192; d/o Robert Hampton and Mollie White]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy GM Edwards - taken 2012

194a.  WHITE, child  [unmarked]
b./d. December 22, 1925
[d/o James W. White and Phoebie Hampton #192/193]

194b.  WHITE, Carrie Adlin  [unmarked]

b.  August 11, 1921 - d. September 12, 1921

[d/o James W. White and Phoebie Hampton #192/193]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #402-1921; cause of death "illegible"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried Martin Creek Cem.

195.  WHITE, Julie MCINTURFF

b. May 29, 1905 - d. January 16, 1951

[2nd w/o James W. White #192]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Abbe taken 2012

196.  WHITE, Charles C. [unmarked]

b. ? - d. April 19, 1949

[Served in Spanish-American War]

 

197.  HASKETT, Columbus

b. 1893 - d. 1965

[s/o John Haskett and Amanda Keever]

 

198.  HASKETT, Martha [WHITE]

b. 1895 - d. 1954

[w/o Columbus; d/o George W. White #201 and Hester Ann Edwards #202]

199.  HASKETT, Robert Earl

b. September 12, 1918 - d. December 7, 1970

US Navy WWII

[s/o Columbus Haskett #197 and Martha White #198]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Abbe taken 2012

200.  HASKETT, Cecil David

b. October 11, 1922 - d. February 7, 1978

Seaman, US Coast Guard, WWII

[s/o Columbus Haskett #197 and Martha White #198]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Abbe taken 2012

209.  BANNER, Elizabeth "Lizzie"

b. September 17, 1817 - d. October 30, 1892

[d/o Henry Banner b. 1773 ( s/o Benjamin Banner and Sarah Clayton) and Judy Cope Hopkins;

1st marriage: Earl McIntosh; child: Anna #205;

2nd marriage: unknown; children: Ruth, James Harvey, William #910;

3rd marriage: Joseph Murray; children Judah #206a, Henry C. #209]

PHOTO - bbpytel 2003

210. BANNER, Henry C., MD

b. August 22, 1850 - d. August 30, 1904

"A form we loved is gone, A voice we loved is skilled

A place is ___in our home, that ever can be filled"

[s/o Joseph Murray and "Lizzie"Banner #208; twin of Judy Banner #207]

NOTE:   Served as a young man in Co. A, 3rd Regiment, NC Mnt Vol, 3 yrs.;

Free Mason; served as county clerk 1886; town physician for Erwin, TN.  Fellow colleagues: Dr. G. C. Williams and Dr. L. S. Tilson

 

211.  BANNER, Phoeba Ann [WHITE]

b. October 20, 1850 - d. September 2, 1918

[w/o Dr. Henry C. Banner #209;  married on April 5, 1874; d/o unknown  and Margaret White [buried Fishery Cem. #267];  children: Harvey B., Judah E., David Sinclair, Lola E., Ethel J.]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #604, parents not mentioned; died of liver disease; widow; informant was J. G. Toney, buried at "Martins Creek"

235.  LOVE, William P.
b. 1883 - d. 19___

236.  LOVE, Minnie Jane
b. 1882 - d. 1943
[w/o William P. #235]

237.  MASTERS, Larry Joe

b. February 14, 1944 - d. May 12, 1944

[s/o Jack Masters and Blanche Kerns]

238.  LOVELESS, James R.

Lieut., Co. C, 2nd TN Cav. - Union Army

[no dates on tombstone; b. abt. 1823- d. April 19, 1900; s/o James Lovelace and Nancy Brown

1st wife - Letitia Davenport; children - William M., Mary B.

2nd - Mary Pritchard; [divorced] children - unknown

3rd wife - unknown?

4th wife - Elizabeth Miller; children - David, Juanita

5th wife - Mary E. Gilbert #239

NOTE:  Father spelled last name Lovelace and son spelled Loveless; parents were from Carter Co., TN who later moved to Grayson Co., VA  Lovelace/Loveless DNA Project

239.  LOVELESS, Mary E. [GILBERT]
b. August 10, 1856 - d. February 2, 1923
"A  __rder mother and a faithful friend"
[5th w/o James R. Loveless #238]

240.  ELLIS, Richard

b. May 28, 1924 - d,. June 2, 1924

[s/o R. T. Ellis and Kate Shell]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #259-1924; cause of death "unknown"; informant W.P. Love of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

241.  NORRIS, Thomas M.

b. September 23, 1847 - d. June 30, 1913

252.  ALLEN, Alfred L.

b. May 8, 1873 - d. August 31, 1890

[s/o Robert A. Allen #267 and Sarah F. McInturff #268]

NOTE:  Tombstone Photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

253.  ALLEN, Claudia E.
b. March 24, 1884 - d. April 2, 1891
[d/o G. S. Allen and D. A.]

254.  HARRIS, Thomas W.
b/d 1904
[infant s/o John. Henry Harris and Mary Frances Smith]

255.  SMITH, Thomas G.
b/d 1901
[infant s/o T. H Smith]

256.  LOVE, James R.
b. abt. 1827 - d. March 3, 1902
[lived for 75 years; s/o Col. Robert Love and Mary Ann Dillard]

257.  HAMPTON, D. P.
b. March 3, 1898 - d. June 2, 1900

258.   HAMPTON, Jane
b. March 9, 1900 - d. April 27, 1900

259.  MURPHY, Winnie
b. [abt.  1844] - d. February 18, 1908
[lived for 64 years]

261.  HAMPTON, Ike

262.  ALLEN, Isaac G.
b. January 4, 1866 - d. August 30, 1940
[s/o  Robert A. Allen #267 and Sarah F. McInturff #268;
NOTE:  Attended schooled at Martin's Creek - Valedictorian of 1885 His teacher was R. W. H. Gilbert]

263.  ALLEN, Emma [BRADSHAW]
b. November 18, 1870 - d. June 18, 1902
[1st w/o Isaac G. Allen; children are:  Effie, John Wesley #525a and adopted daughter Hafford  #266]

264.  ALLEN, Laura B.
b. February 25, 1882 - d. January 6, 1907
[2nd w/o Isaac G. Allen #262a]

265.  ALLEN, infant
b/d December 9, 1906
[infant s/o Isaac G. #262 and Laura B. #264]

266.  BAILEY, Hafford  [ALLEN]
b. March 3, 1915 - d. June 6, 1983
[adopted d/o Isaac G. Allen #262 and Emma Bradshaw #263]

267.  ALLEN, R. A. [Robert]
b. November 15, 1829 - d. December 14, 1905
Free Mason
NOTE:  There are 2 tombstones for R.A. Allen - old and new which includes his wife Sarah F. on the back side of the obelisk.  He was rejected by the Union Army at Knoxville due to severe rheumatism. Thus to avoid conscription by the Confederate Army, he hid in the Unaka mountains outside of Erwin, TN]

268.  ALLEN, Sarah F. [Seraphina MCINTURFF]
b. June 11, 1832 - d May 10, 1917
[d/o Gabriel McInturff and and Axia Nelson; w/o Robert A.; children are: William W., Calvin C., Clarinel, Isaac G. #262, Frances M., Jasper C. 462 , George S., Alford #252]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #472-1917, cause of death "heart disease"; widow; informant I.G. Allen of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

269.  HAMPTON, William
b. April 4, 1917 - d. August 8, 1918
[s/o Sherman A. Hampton #285 and Sarah E. Masters #286]

270.  DAVIS, J. C.
b. [abt. 1881] - d. October 29, 1910

271.  DAVIS, Pollie
b. March 3, 1879 - d. October 29, 1914
[w/o J. C. Davis]

272.  DAVIS, Bettie [unmarked]
b. ? - d. September 2, 1954

273.  GILLIS, Jonie Marie
b/d 1963
[d/o William L. Gillis and Betty Jean Engle]

274.  ENGLE, John Quillen

b. June 20, 1902 - d. May 31, 1946

[s/o Aaron Engle]

 

275.  ENGLE, Clara N. [HARRIS]

b. June 19, 1907 - d. May 26, 1990

[w/o John Q. Engle #274; d/o Isaac J. Harris #179 and Sarah E. Smith #180; children: Alfred, Isaac, Quillen, Sarah "Sallie", Betty J.]

276.  EDWARDS, Troy

b. February 17, 1924 - d. March 22, 1924

[s/o J. J. Edwards and Bessie]

278.  HARRIS, Elizabeth [HENSLEY]

b.  [March 1833]  - d. December 5, 1910

"Every Joy to Us is Dead Since Mother is not Here"

[died age 84; w/o John Hugh Harris (s/o Hugh Harris Jr.), married October 3, 1852; d/o William Allison Hensley and Lucinda Higgins buried Old Hensley Cem #3.;  children: William Hugh, Richard Pinkston #433, Finettie #970, Jenny Linette, Viola, Barnett, Jason (buried Bailey Cem.),, James D. (buried Bailey Cem.), Buel]

NOTE:  Photo courtesy of Frances Coleman gabrielle@cstone.net

279.  ALLEN, Isaac G.

b. February 20, 1889 - d. December 4, 1973

[s/o Jasper C. Allen #462 and Edna Harris #463]

280.  ALLEN, Cassie [WHALEY]
b. February 4, 1889 - d. February 18, 1966
[w/o Isaac G. #279; Clyde, J. Virgil #281, Mary, Lillian, Albert, George, Wilma E. #282, Dennis]

281.  ALLEN, James Virgil, Jr.
b. April 7, 1913 - d. January 15, 1919
[s/o Isaac G. Allen and Cassie Whaley]

282.  ALLEN, Wilma E.
b. September 30, 1931 - d. October 20, 1931
[d/o Isaac and Cassie]

283.  LUTTRELL, James Thomas
b. January 15, 1872 - d. ?

284.  LUTTRELL, Margaret Emeline [COFFEE]
b. December 7, 1865 - d. April 17, 1946
[w/o James Thomas Luttrell #283; children are: Isaac (md. Violet Marie McIntosh)
and Albert]

292. "ANDREWS", Ross ANDERS

b. June 10, 1845 - d. June 8, 1888

Co. E., 1st Tenn, LA - Union Army - Civil War

[s/o James Andes; married Rachel Mahala Hampton (#614) on 12 November 1868]

NOTE:  Ross Anders (tombstone is wrong with Andrews) was in the Union Army serving Company E 1st Tenn Light Artillery.  He was captured at Strawberry Plains, TN charged with AWOL.  His name was cleared when it was found that he was a prisoner of war.  Tombstone photo courtesy Rodney and Teresa Anders rodtre6870@earthlink.net

293.  MASTERS, Nancy
b. March 29, 1890 - d. July 9, 1890
[infant d/o Abraham L. Masters, Jr. #841 and Analiza #294]

294.  MASTERS, Analiza [MCINTURFF]
b. August 8, 1866 - d. March 23, 1892
[1st w/o Abraham L. Masters Jr. #841]

295a.  MASTERS, Abraham Lincoln
b. April 23, 1823 - d. September 1, 1865
[s/o John Masters and Elizabeth; husband of Nancy A. Elam #297
3rd Reg., Co., F, NC Mounted Infantry - Union Army]
NOTE:  killed in the Civil War; wife and 4 sons received a pension exchange info:  fayehusk@msn.com;

295b.  MASTERS, Nancy A. [ELAM]
b. March 11, 1835 - d. May 2, 1921
[w/o Abraham L. Masters Sr. #295; children: John, William, Melvina #843, Abraham L. Jr.,#841, Henry #296]
NOTE:  After the death of  Abraham, Nancy E.  received a pension from the War Dept. beg. September 2, 1865 $8/mo.; each of her four sons received $2/mo. until age 16.   If she remarried, the pension would cease for both her and children. exchange info: fayehusk@msn.com

296. MASTERS, Worley [unmarked]

b. [abt. 1855] - d. November 2, 1914

[s/o W. N. Bales and Dicey Masters]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #]; widower; cause of death "sudden death"; informant Dr. L. S. Tilson of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

297.  MASTERS, Henry
b. September 19, 1865 - d. June 2, 1885
[s/o Abraham L. Masters #295 and Nancy A. Elam #297]

298.  MASTERS, Alexander

b. November 1, 1828 - d. November 4, 1918
[s/o unknown Masters and Ms. Ray]
NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #646 cause of death "general debility and old age", widower; informant William Miller of Erwin; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

299a.  WHITLOCK, W. S.

299b. WHITLOCK, Sarah A.
b. February 9, 1818 - d. January 16, 1904
[w/o W. S. Whitlock]

300.  WHITLOCK, A. G.
b. December 8, 1848 - d. February 18, 1907

301.  WHITLOCK, Maggie [Margaret] E. [CROSSWHITE]
b. August 29, 1860 - October 23, 1923
[w/o A. G. Whitlock #300; d/o George Crosswhite and Jennie Allen]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #404-1923, cause of death "gastric hemorrhage"; married; informant G. E. Stallings of Erwin; parents mentioned in record;  Death Record shows her married name as Stallings

302a.  BANNER, M. L.  [Madison "Matt" Lewis]

b. September 24, 1853 - d. October 15, 1935

[s/o Lewis Banner (1811-1893) and Vianna Whitson (1818-1883)]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #23552-1935, cause of death "dropsy"; widower; informant was Ralph Banner of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; noted buried "Martins Creek."   Matt grew up in the Lily Dale Community of Erwin; he was a farmer, blacksmith, wagon maker, gunsmith and worked in the lumber business; tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

302b.  BANNER, Mary E. ["Molly"  Edna CROSSWHITE]
b. May 27, 1859 - d. November 19, 1927
[w/o Madison "Matt" #302a.; children: Ike W. #508, Phoebe E. #352, Rhoda #334; Julia]

303.  MASTERS, Biga [Obijah]
b. July 26, 1897 - d. July 24, 1899
[s/o Abraham L. Masters Jr. #841 and 2nd wife, Cordelia Hoyle #842]

304.  ALDRIDGE, William A.
b. March 1, 1842 - d. June 22, 1927

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14155-1927; born in VA - cause of death "aortic insufficiency"; disabled Veteran; widower; no parents were indicated on record; buried "Martins Creek."

305.  ALDRIDGE, Allie [Alice HOYLE]
b. November 6, 1869 - d.  March 12, 1939
[w/o William A. Aldridge; married on Aug. 19, 1901
d/o Hiram S. Hoyle #347 and Elzira Blankenship #348, no children;
Note:  died of heart failure

306.  MASTERS, Mary "Pollie" A. [TINKER]
b. May 29, 1847 - d. February 3, 1923
[d/o James F. Tinker and Nancy A. ___; w/o of Landon Masters;
children: John F., Nancy C., Linda Ann, William W. #307, James A., Abraham, Sarah E. #286]

307.  MASTERS, William W.
b. abt. 1875 - d. ?
Co. D, 39th US Vol Infantry, Spanish-American War
[s/o Landon Masters and Mary "Pollie Tinker]

308.  TINKER, J. F.
Corpl, Co. K, 38th US Vol. Infantry, Spanish-American War

309.  ROBERTS, infant
b./d.  December 29, 1902
[child of F. B. Roberts and Lidia A.]

310.  ROBERTS, Pearl Bell
b./d.  April 9, 1907
[child of F. B. Roberts and Lidia A.]

311.  MASTERS, Grant
b. October 24, 1866 - d. August 7, 1903
[s/o Alexander Masters and Lucinda Brown]

337.  GILBERT, Robert W. H. [Robert William Henry, Esq.]
b. June 24, 1863 - d. December 28, 1939
[s/o Franklin Gilbert (1830-1891) and Sarah Ann Arrowood (1842-1919)]

NOTE:  served as an educator, superintendent of schools and attorney; taught at Martin's Creek School

338.  GILBERT, Serena Elizabeth [BANNER]
b. January 3, 1856 - d. January 10, 1925
[#2nd w/o Robert William Henry Gilbert, Esq.  #337
d/o Lewis Banner and Vianna Whitson; children: Grace Eva #340, Franklin L., Margery, Glen, Earl, S. Dora #339, Carl R. #694, Clyde]
NOTE:  married on November 28, 1883 at the home of Dr. Harry C. Banner

339.  GILBERT, S. Dora R.
b. July 19, 1894 - d. August 23, 1895
[d/o Robert W. and Serena E. Banner #337-338]

340.  GILBERT, Grace Eva
b. November 19, 1884 - d. March 17, 1886
[d/o Robert W. #337 and Serene E. Banner #338]

341.  PIPPIN, William Perry
b. 1820 - d. 1900
[born in VA, 2nd husband of Catherine #342]

342.  PIPPIN, Catherine

b. February 20, 1830 - d. October 8, 1886
[w/o William Perry Pippin - married February 11, 1846; children: Lafayette, James Shepard., Nancy, John, Calvin, Griffin (buried Jobe Cem.), Laura #343, William M.]

 

343.  PIPPIN, Laura I.
b. October 5, 1867 - d October 23, 1885
[d/o William Perry and Catherine]

344.  BURCHFIELD, Robert

b. March 3, 1832 - d. February 4, 1914

"Free Mason"

[s/o Hezekiah Burchfield (b. 1803) and Mary "Polly" Baker

(June 12, 1807- May 1, 1874) buried Burchfield Cem. #1 Unicoi]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death Record #12 [1914], widower; cause of death "diabetes"; informant M. E. Birchfield of Erwin; buried in the "12th District"

345.  BURCHFIELD, Mary Ann

b. April 12, 1850 - d. February 26, 1908

"With life and name unstained the good woman dies"

[w/o Robert Burchfield #344]

NOTE:  1860 Wash Co., TN Census shows  Robert age 28 living with family-Hezekiah age 56, Mary age 53, Robert age28, Jesse age 21, Emily age20, David E. age 17, Sarah age 15, Mary J. age 12, Elizabeth Garrett age 63.

346.  RAY, Infant
b./d. 1902 -
[child of G. B. Ray and ___]

347.  HOYLE, Hiram Solomon

b. October 27, 1837 - d. April 6, 1912

[s/o 1st wife Myra Parton married on August 7, 1859;  d/o Nathaniel Parton and Barbara Carpenter; child: Martha E. #349; 2nd wife Elzira Blankenship #348]

NOTE:  Hiram known as "Harm" by his descendants was a Disciples of Christ, or "Campbellite" Preacher and attended Lilly Dale Christian Church, Lilly Dale, Tennessee.  He did not fight in the War Between the States and thus arrested to be drafted and taken to Greenville, Tennessee.  He was later released when it was proven he was a preacher. [Minnie Hoyle Arnold, York, Pa. 22 Apr. 1980.  Hiram had a stroke and died at the age of 74 years, 5 months, 10 days. Dave Hoyle, son of Jeremiah (Jerry), and grandson of Hiram, was with Hiram in the barn collecting eggs when he had the stroke. Dave ran down to the house and got his father, Jerry who carried him back to the house and Hiram died.

Photo of Hiram, Elzira and their grandson Charles Christopher Hoyle courtesy of Wanda L. Harrell  http://wandaharrell.com/45600.html

348.  HOYLE, Elzira [BLANKENSHIP]

b. August 25, 1839 - b. April 29, 1912

[#2 w/o Hiram S. Hoyle; d/o  James Blankenship and Martha Marlow; wheelchair bound - died from stroke;

children:  Andrew H. #58 Higgins Chapel, Sarah Dorcas #146, Thomas, Alice "Allie" #305, Cordelia #842, Eliza Etta, Jeremiah Mack #108, David DeWitt]

 

349.  HOYLE, Martha E.  [unmarked grave]

b. May 1860 - d. February 9, 1936

[d/o Hiram Solomon Hoyle of SC #347 and Myra Parton of NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #5307-1936; born "Rutherford Co., NC"; cause of death "cerebral hemorrhage"; single; informant Jerry Hoyle of Erwin;  parents mentioned in record, buried "Martins Creek."

 

350.  HOYLE, Fred  [unmarked grave]

b. 1908 - December 31, 1935

[s/o Jeremiah Mack Hoyle Greene Co., TN and Susan Roberts of VA]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #29177-1935, died age 27, cause of death "lobar pneumonia"; single; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

 

351.  HOYLE, Fleety

b. February 22, 1925 - d. June 17, 1945

Pvt. 38th Infantry - WWII
[s/o Jeremiah Mack Hoyle Greene Co., TN and Susan Roberts of VA]

352a.  LEWIS, William S. [Spurgeon]
b. 1881 - d. 1956   "At Rest"
NOTE:  born in Mendota, VA; photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

 

352b.  LEWIS, Phoebe B. [BANNER]
b. 1887 - d. 1950
[w/o William S. Lewis #351, d/o Madison Love Banner #302a and Molly E. Crosswhite #302b; children: Cora Lee #353, Ora #354, Willard #355, William Jr., Hazel, Mabel, Edna, Jesse W. #356, Calvin, Dollie]

353.  LEWIS, Cora Lee
b. September 22, 1908 - d. November 28, 1914
[d/o William S. Lewis #351 and Phoebe E. Banner #352]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #]; cause of death "pneumonia"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek.

 

354.  LEWIS, Ora
b. January 24, 1911 - d. December 23, 1914
[d/o William S. Lewis #351 and Phoebe E. Banner #352]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #]; cause of death "typhoid fever"; lived "3 yrs, 10 mos, 29 days"; informant father of Erwin;

parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek.

 

355.  LEWIS, Willard Ray
b. January 27, 1916 - d. July 11, 1916
[s/o William S. Lewis #351 and Phoebe E. Banner #352]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #496 [1916]; cause of death "acute indigestion"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record

 and buried in Martins Creek.

356.  LEWIS, Jesse W.
b. February 25, 1923 - d. June 9. 1941
[s/o William S. Lewis #351 and Phoebe E. Banner #352]
[Note: drowned at age 18]

357.  OLLIS, Minnie
b. June 22, 1921 - d. February 11, 1978

358.  GRASON, Sarah
b. 1902 - d. 1987

359.  TUCKER, Audrey T.
b. January 10, 1912 - d. February 12, 1912
[d/o N. T Tucker and Nora S. __]

360.  TUCKER, infant
b. December 25, 1910 - d. December 26, 1910
[child of N. T. Tucker and Nora S. ]

361.  KEEVER, Arthur Nelson
b. June 23, 1898 - d. October 30, 1938

362.  KEEVER, Rosa Lee [GRIFFITH] [unmarked]
b. August 28, 1915 - d. February 25, 1932
[w/o Arthur N. Keever #361; d/o Daniel Griffith and Etta Tipton]
NOTE:  TN State record #6471; born in Mitchell Co., NC; cause of death - suicide;  drank carbolic acid; informant was husband; buried in "Martins Creek"

363.  KEEVER, Infant [unmarked]
b/d February 4, 1953
[d/o Virgil Keever and Kathleen Harris]

364.  SHOOK, John A.
b. 1874 - d. 1933

365.  SHOOK, Jerry W.
b. June 10, 1889 - d. June 13, 1909

366.  BROWN, Jasper
Co. C., 2nd NC Infantry - Union Army - Civil War
[b. abt. 1843]

367.  BROWN, Eunice
b. March 6, 1824 - d. July 24, 1900
[mother of Jasper Brown]

368.  HARRIS, Roy
b. June 20, 1903 - d. January 16, 1971

369.  COGGINS, Charlie (Chassie)
b. May 4, 1902 - d. June 26, 1921

[s/o Will Coggins and Minnie Miller #370/371]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #368-1921, cause of death "accidentally drowned"; single, informant - father; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

370.  COGGINS, William
b. ? - d. January 6, 1946

371.  COGGINS, Minta Jane [MILLER]
b. ? - d. February 1, 1940
[s/o Timothy Miller and Sally Bennett]

372.  HARRIS, Walter
b. 1893 - d. 1970
[s/o Henry Harris #374 and Carrie Crosswhite #375]

373.  HARRIS, Bessie [BLACKBURN]
b. 1894 - d. 1974
[w/o Walter Harris; child: Ernest]

374.  HARRIS, Henry "Harry"

b. May 10, 1869 - d. December 16, 1942

[s/o W. Harrison Harris and Judy Banner #206-207]

 

375.  HARRIS, Carrie [CROSSWHITE]

b. December 16, 1866 - d. February 25, 1940

[w/o Henry Harris #374; married Nov. 6, 1890;d/o George Crosswhite and Jennie Allen #173]

NOTE:  Death Cert #5108 - Unicoi Co., TN - died age 73; Peritonitis - cancer; informant Roy Harris

376a.  BANNER, Walter Ernest

b. 1909 - d. 1975

 

376b.   BANNER, Howard Lawrence  [unmarked]

b.  June 16, 1936 - d. November 16, 1936

[s/o Walter Banner and Retta Garland of Mitchell Co., NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #28698-1936, cause of death "illegible"; father of Erwin was informant; parents mentioned in record; noted buried "Martins Creek Cem."

 

377.  YARBOROUGH, George Washington

b. October 12, 1833 - d. March 25, 1905

 

378.  WALKER, Baxter, Jr.

b. March 31, 1921 - d. August 29, 1938

[s/o Baxter S. Walter and Lillie R. ___]

379.  WALKER, Baxter S.

b. December 6, 1880 - d. November 1, 1975

 

380.  WALKER, Lillie R.

b. June 6, 1881 - d. December 31, 1963

[w/o Baxter S.]

396.  PRICE, Isaiah

Co. G., 3rd NC Mounted Infantry - Union Army

[served September 1, 1964 - August 8, 1965 - Civil War]

NOTE: Civil war pension application #U-247-1 shows "ruptured kidneys, back pain, enlargement of testicles"

397.  HOWELL, Dillie
b. ? - d. February 27, 1893
[w/o Joseph William Howell]

398.  HOWELL, Joseph William  [unmarked grave]
b. abt. 1854 - d. September 5, 1943
[died age 89; s/o David Wilson Howell]

399.  HOWELL, Lester B.  [unmarked grave]
b. abt. 1914 - d. October 25, 1939
[s/o Joseph William Howell #398 and Dillie #397]

400. HIGGINS, Paul W.

401.  POORE, Joseph
b. May 1906 - d. ?

402.  POORE, Bessie [HUGHES]
b. April 7, 1900 - d. April 8, 1960
[w/o Joseph Poore]

403.  POORE, Homer
b. June 19, 1930 - d. April 9, 1933
[s/o Joseph Poore and Bessie Hughes]

404.  POORE, Clifton  [unmarked]
b. February 1935 - d. June 28, 1935
[s/o James Poore and Valerie Bailey]

405.  POORE, Raymond  [unmarked]
b/d. March 12, 1943
[s/o Charles Poore and Rassie Edith Chapman]

406.  POORE, Valerie [BAILEY]  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1905 - d. December 7, 1942
[died age 37; d/o Alfred Bailey and Martha Ayers]

407.  SAYLOR, James O.
b. 1893 - d. 1896
[s/o J. S. Saylor and Bennie Hogan]

408.  BALMON, Mamie E. [SAYLOR]
b. 1893 - d. 1927
[d/o J. S. Saylor and Bennie Hogan]

409.  IVERSON, Muriel Joy
b. January 22, 1897 - d. February 19, 1898
[d/o Martin Iverson and Maggie]

410.  HARRISON, William Benjamin

b. September 1886 - d. October 9, 1918

[lived 32 years; s/o Thomas J. Harrison and Elizabeth]

411a.  LEMMON, Ira [twin]

b. June 24, 1919 - d. July 29, 1919

[s/o Ira Lemmon and Edith]

 

411b.  LEMMON, Irene [twin]

b. June 24, 1919 - d. March 16, 1920

[d/o Ira Lemmon and Edith]

412.  BANNER, Alvin

b. October 17, 1919 - d. June 26, 1923

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

NOTE: tombstone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

413.  HENSLEY, Zeb  [Zebedee Vance]

b. September 27, 1870 - d. March 26, 1923

[s/o John Hensley and 2nd wife -Mariah Cordelia Bailey]

NOTE:  killed by gunshot in fight; photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

414.  HENSLEY, Dorothy

b. abt. 1928 - d. March 7, 1930

[d/o Doc Hensley and Essie Engram]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #7324; cause of death " double pneumonia", informant Walter Shell of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek cem.  "Age 1 year, 11 months, 8 days"

 

415.  HENSLEY, infant [unmarked]

b. 1925 - d. February 20, 1928

 

416.  HENSLEY, George Sampson [unmarked]

b. 1872 - d. March 21, 1943

[s/o Enoch Hensley (b. 1847) and Margaret Banks (b. 1852)]

 

417.  HENSLEY, Robert Edward [unmarked]

b. 1930 - d. December 18, 1936

[s/o Wallace Hensley and Mary Rogers]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #31675-1936; cause of death "meningitis and influenza"; father if Erwin was informant; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

418.  HENSLEY, Margaret [SHELTON] [unmarked]
b. abt. 1881 - d.  December 9, 1932
[d/o George Shelton and Elizabeth Hensley]

419.  SHELL, Daniel Walter

b. April 18, 1893 - d. June 22, 1931

[s/o William Shell and Angeline Jackson; married to Cassie Hensley]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14109; cause of death "angina pectoris"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

420.  SHELL, Kenneth [unmarked grave]

b. [abt. January] 1938 - d. May 12, 1938

[s/o Harley Sheehan and Pearl Shell]

421.  PEAKE, James W. [James Willis]

b. April 9, 1877 - d. November 2, 1959

[s/o Hiram Reuben Peake and Laura Christine Ayres]

 

422.  PEAKE, Mary PRICE

b. October 27, 1872 - d. March 28, 1939

[s/o unknown father and Laura Price]

 

423.  PEAKE, Edith

b. February 7, 1908 - d. December 4, 1928

[d/o James W. Peake and Julia Vista Hensley]

433.  HARRIS, Pinkston [Richard Pinkston]

b.  April 16, 1854 - d. November 20, 1920

"Age 66 Years"

[s/o John Hugh Harris and Elizabeth Hensley #278]

NOTE:  TN State record #479; cause of death "heart disease"; noted he was born in 1855; informant was his son Jason Harris #435; tombstone photo courtesy of  Frank Emmert; photo of R. Pinkston and Critty Hensley courtesy of Peggy Gillen.

434.  HARRIS, Lucretia ["Critty" HENSLEY]

b. (April 28, 1860) 1855 - d. (August 31, ) 1928
[w/o R. Pinkston Harris #433; married July 30, 1876; 

d/o George Washington Hensley of NC and Mary Emeline Hensley of NC;   children: David, Jason #435, Addie, Sarah, Dudley, Trinity, Phinetta L., Levi, Garfield, Mary E. #912; John H.]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record # 20408-1928,  born in Kentucky, cause of death "dysentery", informant Jason Hensley.    Left photo of Lucretia "Critty" with Jesse Hensley on right/ unknown boy on left;  photos/info and tombstone courtesy Frank Emmert Aplatanao@aol.com

435.  HARRIS, Jason

b. 1880 [December 1878] - d. 1941

[s/o R. Pinkston Harris #433 and Lucretia Hensley #434]

NOTE:  tombstone photo courtesy of Frances Coleman gabrielle@cstone.net

436.  GUINN, Pattie

b. 1842 - d. 1935

 

437.  BAILEY, Mary Jane [SLAGLE]
b. August 12, 1857 - d. August 4, 1930
[d/o Albert Gallatin Slagle (b. 9 Jan 1825) and Susanne Riddle (b. 10 Oct. 1820); w/o Alfred Gibbs Bailey;

children: Nancy Ann, Mary Frances, James David #98, John Melvin, Susan Hasseltine, Margaret Lyida, Julia Desmona]

438.  BLANKENSHIP, W. G. [William Garrison]
b. April 1865 - d. November 5, 1910
"Free Mason"

439.  COFFEE, Robert Gilliam
b. 1882 - d. 1964

440.  COFFEE, Mary [HUSKINS]
b. 1886 - d. 1969
[w/o Robert G. Coffee #439; d/o William Huskins and Jane Grindstaff #473/474]

441.  O'BRIEN, Kenneth Reed
b. 1941 - d. November 7, 1945
[died age of 4; d/o Howard Harry O'Brien and Daisey Deanie Coffee]

442.  O'BRIEN, Janice
b. 1942 - d. 1945

443.  COFFEE, McKinley D.
b/d 1939
[s/o  Ray Coffee and Rosa Harris]

444.  COFFEE, Joseph
b. January 18, 1916 - d. October 28, 1918
[s/o Robert G. Coffee #439 and Mary Huskins #440]

445a.  O'BRIEN, Cenia  [HARRIS]  [unmarked]
b. 1885 - d. April 3, 1952
[died age 67; d/o W. Harrison Harris and Judy Banner #206-207; w/o John O'Brien #445b -married September 11, 1898; children: Albert, Howard, Allie, Virginia, Gene, Clifton, Ola and Neal]

445b.  O'BRIEN, John  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1856 - d. March 4, 1932
[died age 76; s/o Joseph O'Brien and Anne Birchfield]
NOTE:   TN State record #6468;  cause of death "cerebral hemorrhage" informant- son Albert.

446.  O'BRIEN, Janice Maria   [unmarked]
b. 1943 - d. November 5, 1945
[died age 2; d/o Howard Harry O'Brien and Daisey Deanie Coffee]

447.  HAREN, Zeb Glynn

b. February 23, 1880 - d. April 21, 1946

 

448.  HAREN, Louise [PETERSON]

b. March 14, 1880 - d. May 13, 1963

[w/o Zeb Glynn Haren]

449.  HAREN, E. P.
b. March 4, 1917 - d.

450.  KIRK, Alice [unmarked]
b. abt. 1871 - d. May 4, 1940
[died age 69; d/o Daniel Kirk and Rebecca Hampton]

451a.  HAMPTON, W. S.
b. 1886 - d. 1945

451b.  HAMPTON, Gertha T. [TIPTON]
b. 1894 - d. 1974
[w/o W. S. Hampton]

453.  HAMPTON, Hazel Frances
b. August 1, 1917 - d. October 12, 1918
[d/o W. S. Hampton and Gertha Tipton]

454.  HAMPTON, Infant Male [unmarked]

b/d. June 18, 1914

[s/o George Hampton and Celie Williams]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #42 [1914]; stillborn;, informant H. Williams; parents mention in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

454.  HAMPTON, Larry
b. April 15, 1919 - d. February 27, 1921
[s/o W. S. Hampton and Gertha Tipton]

455.  HAMPTON, Woodward
b. 1924 - d. 1929
[s/o W. S. Hampton and Gertha Tipton]

456.  HAMPTON, Parley
b. March 5, 1921 - d. February 27, 1926
[s/o W. S. Hampton and Gertha Tipton]

457.  HAMPTON, Delia
b. March 5, 1898 - d. August 17, 1928
[d/o Daniel Hampton and Hannah]

458.  HAMPTON, Mollie [CLICK]   [unmarked]
b. abt. 1862 - d. March 23, 1930
[w/o Robert Hampton - married December 21, 1884; d/o Ray Click and Sadie White buried #284 Fishery Cem.

children: William, James, Lula, Ethel, Phoeba, Vaudie]

459.  HAMPTON, William Sink  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1879 - d. August 29, 1945
[s/o Robert Hampton and Mollie Click]

460.  SCOTT, J. S.

b. October 7, 1863 - d. November 4, 1939

Asleep in Jesus

 

461.  SCOTT, Mary [HARRIS]

b. January 7, 1870 - d. November 3, 1947

[w/o J. S. Scott]

462.  ALLEN, Jasper C.

b. August 12, 1869 - d. January 13, 1932

[s/o Robert H. Allen #267 and Sarah McInfurff #268]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #1789; cause of death "cardio renal disease"; married to Edna Allen; informant Isaac Allen of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek cem.

463.  ALLEN, Edna Edmona [EDWARDS]

b. July 11, 1870 - d. November 30, 1946

[w/o Jasper C. #462 - married April 14, 1888; d/o William H. Edwards and Deanie Harris;

children: Isaac G. #279, Delila L., Wade Hasquel, James C., Robert S. William H., Netta G., Willard B., Oliver L., George Webster, Cecil, Gracie L.]

NOTE:  TN State Death Record #2465; died age 76;  cause "thrombosis due to cerebral  arterior block"
OBITUARY:  " Mrs Edna E. Allen 76 died at the home of a son, Willard, on Saturday at 8:00 P.M.  following an illness of three days.  Funeral services were conducted from Martins Creek Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. J. M. Rich assisted by the Rev. Charles Y. Elkins of Ashville NC.   Burial was made at Martins Creek Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Nita Shelton, Mrs. Grace Callahan, and Mrs. Lita Conway of Mount Pulaski Ill; Seven sons Isaac, William H., Oliver and Willard of Erwin. James and Webster of Mount Pulaski Ill.;  and Robert of Lincoln Ill; Two brothers Sam and Henry Harris.  A sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Toney, of Piedmont SC.; Five half brothers Jake, Dave, Joe, Herbert and Robert Harris.  37 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. "   PHOTO courtesy of Peggy Gillen

464.  GREEN, Edna Elizabeth [ALLEN]

b. November 24, 1922 - d. April 18, 1946

[died age 23; d/o William Henry Allen and Edith Elizabeth Hampton]

PHOTO courtesy of Peggy Gillen

465.  HENSLEY, Mary

466.  BANNER, Linda [HENSLEY]
b. 1902 - d. 1936
[died age 32; d/o Zeb Hensley and Mary Taylor; w/o Martin L. Banner; children are: Mary, Jim and 3 others]

467.  BANNER, John Frank  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1926 - d. April 18, 1944
[died age 18; s/o Martin L. Banner and Linda Hensley]

468.  BANNER, infant [unmarked]
b./d. April 25, 1945
[child of James Floyd Banner and Mary Elizabeth Wilfong]

469.  BANNER, Melvin Wesley  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1942 - d. March 18, 1945
[died age 3; s/o Junior R. Banner]

470.  HENSLEY, Sallie [Sarah]
b. April 16, 1841 - d. March 9, 1925

471.  LETTERMAN, Noah W.
b. March 30, 1877 - d. March 11, 1916
[s/o Milton Panter Letterman and Clarissa C. Buchanan]

472.  LETTERMAN, Hannah
b. May 7, 1874 - d. November 28, 1958
[w/o Noah W. #471]

473.  HUSKINS, William M.
b. April 28, 1859 - d. May 19, 1926 [May 17, 1927]
[s/o John Huskins #152 and Margaret Elizabeth #153]
NOTE:  Cause of death - aortic insufficiency; Informant - J. H. Huskins, Erwin, TN

474.  HUSKINS, Jane [GRINDSTAFF]
b. September 19, 1861 - d. December 21, 1944
[w/o William M. Huskins #473; d/o Wilson Grindstaff and Mary Ann Berry children: James H. #476]

476.  HUSKINS, James H.
b. 1882 - d. 1946
[s/o William M. Huskins #473 and Jane Grindstaff #474]

477.  HUSKINS, Alice G.
b. 1879 - d. 1921
[w/o James H. Huskins]

478.  HUSKINS, Ella C.
b. 1906 - d. 1955
[d/o James H. Huskins and Alice G.]

479.  WHALEY, Mary Edmona [HUSKINS]  [unmarked]
b. February 22, 1881 - d. April 19, 1936
[w/o James Franklin Whaley; d/o William Huskins and Mary Poore]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #11354-1936; cause of death "hypo--static pneumonia"; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

 

480.  WHALEY, James  [unmarked]
b. August 30, 1873 - d. August 30, 1931
[s/o Jake Whaley and Della Tipton; lived 58 years]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #28155; cause of death "cerebral hemorrhage"; informant wife of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried Martins Creek Cem.

481.  GRINDSTAFF, Wilson
b. April 12, 1864 - d. February 23, 1965
[s/o ___ and Mary Grindstaff #482]

482.  GRINDSTAFF, Mary
b. November 18, 1828 - d. December 22, 1915

483.  WILLIAMS, S. Vanus [Silvanus]
b. November 15, 1863 - d. January 13, 1949

[s/o James Williams and Rachel]

 

484.  WILLIAMS, Bessie [HAMPTON]
b. February 14, 1884 - d. August 2, 1958
[d/o George Hampton and Lizzie___; w/o Silvanus #483; children: Arthur, Oiver #487, Ida, Jesse #485, Dollie #486, Isabell, Rachel, Nora, Bud, Margaret]

 

485.  WILLIAMS, Jesse
b. October 10, 1911 - d. November 26, 1914
[d/o Silvanus Williams #483 and Bessie Hampton #484]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #]; cause of death "tonsillitis"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek.

486.  WILLIAMS, Dollie
b. October 27, 1913 - December 21, 1918
[d/o Silvanus Williams #483 and Bessie Hampton #484]

487.  WILLIAMS, Oliver
b. January 24, 1907 - d. October 16, 1926
[d/o Silvanus Williams #483 and Bessie Hampton #484;killed in accident]

487.  WILLIAMS, infant [unmarked]

b/d February 25, 1929
[s/o Hiram R. Williams and Juanita "Nettie" Lovelace]

 

488.  WILLIAMS, Sanders [unmarked]
b. March 1, 1904 - d. April 18, 1927
[s/o William T. Williams and Nancy Rena McCourry]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9187-1921; cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis"; informant father of 12th Dist., parents  mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

 

489.  WILLIAMS, Edith Mae  [unmarked]

b. December 24, 1925 - d. April 28, 1927

[s/o William T. Williams and Nancy Rena McCourry]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9189-1927; cause of death "influenza and pulmonary tuberculosis"; informant father, parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

 

490.  WILLIAMS, Jeff  [unmarked]

b.  April 18, 1917 - d. June 9, 1936

[s/o Hiram R. Williams and Juanita "Nettie" Lovelace]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #21445-1936; cause of death "tubercular spine"; single, informant father of Erwin, parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

491.  WALDROP, Martha  [FOSTER]
b. June 14, 1872 - d. April 17, 1938
[d. Henry Foster and unknown Riddle]

492.  LLOYD, Margaret F. [FOSTER]
b. June 6, 1850 - d. September 2, 1929
[d/o William Foster and unknown Tittle]

493.  TOMPKINS, Harriett [FOSTER]
b. June 23, 1864 - d. April 14, 1940
[w/o George W. Tompkins - married November 2, 1888]

494.  WELBORN, John R.
b. Mary 16, 1923 - d. September 8, 1898

495.  WELBORN, Nancy S.
b. April 27, 1826 - d. December 2, 1907
[w/o John R. Welborn]

496.  FREEMAN, Maggie [Margaret WELBORN]
b. August 12, 1870 - d. February 19, 1927
[w/o J. A. Freeman; plot marked with large stone]

497.  HUGHES, Rachel
b. January 6, 1862 - d. June 8, 1922
[w/o W. M. Hughes]

499.  HUGHES, Clifford
b. May 19, 1909 - d. July 4, 1910

500.  HUGHES, William Henry
b. November 2, 1920 - d. August 1921
[s/o T. N. Hughes and D. B.]

501.  HUGHES, Ernest Casey [unmarked]
b. 1934 - d. May 7, 1935
[s/o Robert Hiram Hughes and Gladys Whisnant]

502.  HUGHES, Earl Eugene [unmarked]

b. December 26, 1935 - d. February 25, 1936

[s/o Robert Hiram Hughes and Gladys S. Whisnant of Morgantown, NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #5302-1936; cause of death "probably asphyxiation - found dead in bed"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

503.  HUGHES, Robert Hiram, Jr. [unmarked]
b./ d. May 3, 1938
[s/o Robert Hiram Hughes and Gladys S. Whisnant]

504.  WILLIAMS, Archibald Frank
b. February 20, 1887 - d. June 21, 1928
[s/o J. A. Williams and Rachel]

505.  WILLIAMS, Nancy E. [ANDERS]

b. 1892 - d. 1982
[w/o Archibald Frank Williams]

 

506.  WILLIAMS, Leoney

b. August 14, 1912 - d. December 19, 1915

[d/o Archibald Frank Williams and Nancy E. Anders]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record  #539 [1915], died age 3 of "bronchial pneumonia"; informant E.G. Anders Erwin; parents mentioned in record;

buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

507.  WILLIAMS, Leatey

b.  August 20, 1914 - d. October 31, 1915

[d/o Archibald Frank William and Nancy E.Anders]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record  #519 [1915], died of "bronchial pneumonia"; informant E.G. Anders Erwin; parents mentioned in record;

buried in Martins Creek Cem.

508.  BANNER, I. W. [Isaac William]
b. 1874 - d. 1930
[s/o Madison "Matt" Banner #302a and Mollie Crosswhite #302b;
1st wife Julia Elizabeth Tapp (d. 1914), 2nd wife Mamie Higgins: children: Olga, Ralph, Orville, Mamie, Harry, Kelly, Charlotte]

509.  BURGESS, Roy
b. August 24, 1899 - d. October 20, 1914

[s/o E. D. Burgess #510 and Mamie England]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #] cause of death "diabetes", informant father of Erwin; parents named in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

510.  BURGESS, Edward Dalton
b. May 8, 1860 - d. July 5, 1917

[wife - Mamie England; Mitchell Burgess and Ellen McIntosh]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record  #488 [1917], died of "hernia and ---illigible"; informant wife Erwin; parents mentioned in record;

buried in Martins Creek Cem.

511.  PARR, Rufus Calvin
b. 1878 - d. 1966

512.  PARR, Mary Jane [ROBERTS]
b. 1888 - d. 1941
[w/o Rufus C. Parr]

513.  PARR, George Washington
b. November 21, 1913 - d. October 6, 1916
[s/o Rufus C. Parr of VA and Mary Jane Roberts]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #518 [1916]; cause of death "pneumonia"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and

buried in Martins Creek Cem.

514.  FOX, Charles Burnie
b. 1885 - d. 1935

515.  FOX, Mary E. [Bessie SMITH]
b. 1886 - d. 1974
[w/o Charles B.]

516.  FOX, Charles B., Jr..
b. February 2, 1908 - d. July 1, 1919
[s/o Charles B. Fox and Bessie Smith]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #464 - cause of death nephritis; informant father; buried Martins Creek Cem.

 

517.  FOX, Gwendolyn
b. 1912 - d. 1924

 

518.  FOX, Earl W.
b. January 30, 1912 - d. December 1, 1912

[s/o Charles B. Fox and Bessie Smith]

519.  FOX, Otho E.
b. 1910 - d. 1970

[s/o Charles B. Fox and Bessie Smith]

520.  FOX, Belle M.
b. 1909 - 1950
[w/o Otto E. Fox #519]

521.  TAYLOR, Louise Fox
b. April 22, 1915 - d. March 12, 1939

522.  BAILEY, Theodore
b. October 21, 1933 - d. November 21, 1933
[s/o Bernie D. Bailey and Pearl Tipton]

523.  BAILEY, Ross
b. August 13, 1934 - d. March 18, 1938
[s/o Bernie D. Bailey and Pearl Tipton]

524.  BAILEY, Curtis  [unmarked grave]
b. October 1932 - d. November 21, 1932
[s/o Bernie D. Bailey and Pearl Tipton]

525a.  ALLEN, John Wesley
b. August 17, 1900 - d. September 28, 1963
[s/o Issac G. Allen #262 and Emma Bradshaw #263]

525b.  ALLEN, Willie May [JOHNSON]
b. September 26, 1902 - d. September 28, 1963
[w/o of John Wesley Allen #525; d/o Charles Edward Johnson and Delcenia Sales

children: Harley, Wesley, Damon C. #526a, Eva, Emma, Charles E.]

526a.  ALLEN, Damon C.
b. March 20, 1924 - d. January 30, 1995
[s/o John W. Allen and Willie May #525a/b]

526b.  ALLEN, Ruby G.
b. July 16, 1924 - d. June 16, 2002
"Precious Lord Take our Hands"
[w/o of Damon C. #526a]

527.  WILLIAMS, A. S.
b. March 23, 1861 - d. January 13, 1936

528.  WILLIAMS, Hester
b.. April 23, 1859 - d. December 6, 1940
[w/o A. S. Williams]

529.  WESTALL, Thomas B.
b. 1880 - d. 1918

530.  WESTALL, Mary E. [BUTNER]
b. 1879 - d. 1952
[d/o Henry Butner and Lucretia Boone]

531.  WESTALL, Herman
b. August 23, 1909 - d. November 24, 1914

[s/o T. B. Westall and Mary Butner of NC #529/530]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #]; cause of death "pneumonia"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek

 

532.  WILLIAMS, Jeff

b. October 24, 1889 - d. July 12, 1918

533.  FURCHES, W. T. [William Thomas]
b. [January 26] 1871 - d. [December 6] 1936
[s/o Samuel Wesley Furches and Mary Lou Crain]

534.  FURCHES, Renie J. [Rena Jane HUSKINS]
b. April 19, 1870 - d. February 4, 1919
[3rd w/o W. T. Furches #533; children: Minnie Lee, Oscar, Ola Beatrice, Frank, Milton, Edith Belle, Clyde, Ovesta Mae]

535.  FURCHES, Nancy [ENGLE]
b. May 2, 1882 - d.  ?
[2nd w/o W. T. Furches]

536.  FURCHES, Samuel
b. May 4, 1925 - d.
[s/o W. T. Furches #533 and Nancy Engle #535]

537.  FURCHES, Ruth
b. July 5, 1920 - d. May 19, 1927
[d/o W. T. Furches #533 and Nancy Engle #535]

538.  FURCHES, Marie [unmarked]
b. abt. 1925 - d. June 3, 1933
[died at age 2]

539.  TIPTON, George
b. April 29, 1919 - d. January 27, 1958
Cpl. Army Air Force, WWII

540.  TIPTON, Clifton Robert
b. November 29, 1940 - d. December 3, 1940
[s/o George Tipton and Jessie Lee Gilbert]

541.  HUGHES, Dora [FOSTER]
b. 1892 - d. 1956
[w/o Thomas Hughes; d/o Henry Bert Foster and Venia Riddle]

542.  HUGHES, Andrew [unmarked]
b. 1922 - d. June 20, 1932
[died at age 10; s/o Thomas Hughes and Dora Foster #541]

543.  CLAYTON, Otis
b. 1893 - d. 1922

544.  CLAYTON, John Wesley [unmarked]
b. abt. 1863 - d. April 14, 1937
[died age 74]

545.  CLAYTON, Mary AUSTIN [unmarked]
b. abt. 1852 - d. April 12, 1932
[died age 80; d/o Manuel Austin and Marian Wilson]

546.  PHILLIPS, Pearl
b. July 15, 1901 - d. August 10, 1901
[d/o J. H. Phillips]

547a.  SHEHAN, Milburn B.

b.  April 10, 1895  - d.  January 19, 1923

Army - WWI

[s/o John Shehan and Sarah Watts buried Watts Cem.]
NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #303-1923, cause of death "Pellegra"; married; informant was father.

547b.  SHEHAN, Celia [JONES]
b. 1898 - d. August 19, 1924
[w/o Milburn B. Shehan; d/o Robert P. Jones and Katherine Edwards #547c]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #290-1924, died at age 26; cause of death "Pellagra"; widow; informant T.F. Willis of Erwin; parents mentioned in record.  Duplicate death record on file #290 and #291. 

547c.  JONES, Katherine ["Katy" EDWARDS]
b. 1857 - d. 1929
[w/o Robert. P. Jones; d/o Andrew Jackson Edwards and Lucretia Clouse; children: Celia #547b, Mary Lucretia, John H., Rhoda]

548a.  SHEHAN, Elizabeth
b. June 22, 1870 -d . June 10, 1915

548b. SHEHAN, Albert  [unmarked]

b. August 18, 1891 - d. July 2, 1921

[s/o unknown and Bessie E. Shehan of NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #372-1921; died age 30 yrs, 10 mos,  14 days; cause of death "tuberculosis"; informant Ethel Shehan; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins CreekCem."

549.  GARLAND, William
b. August 6, 1864 - d. June 10, 1915

550.  MCINTOSH, Roy
b. 1921 - d. 1923
[half brother of William J. Jones, Sr.]

551.  JONES, Rhoda
b. 1896 -d. November 28, 1924
[d/o  Robert P. Jones and Katherine Edwards #547c.]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #327-1924; died age 28; single, cause of death "Pellagra"; parented noted in record; informant George Higgins of Erwin

552.  HAMPTON, Elizabeth
b. February 6, 1878 - d. November 10, 1927

553.  YELTON, Effie Isabel [BAILEY]
b. May 12, 1894 - d. January 22, 1917

[d/o E. L. Bailey and Vista Street of NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #432 [1917]; cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis"; informant E. L. Bailey of Erwin;

554.  TIPTON, Steve

b. November 22, 1883 - d. April 18, 1942

 

555.  TIPTON, May Irene

b. December 31, 1916 - d. June 8, 1924

 

556.  TIPTON, Rosie Bell

b. abt. 1891 - d. August 13, 1923

NOTE:  photo courtesy of GME --taken 2012

557.  TAPP, Mary [HARRIS]

b. 1879 - d. March 27, 1937

[d/o Harrison Harris and Judy Banner #206a/b; married George Tapp]

558.  HAMMITT, Patricia M.
b/d 1947
[d/o Albert Hammitt and Georgie Ann Tapp]

559.  JONES, Elmer
b. December 12, 1912 - d. December 16, 1924
[s/o A. H. Jones and C. M. ___]

560.  CAYSEL, Ernest W.
b. March 25, 1913 - d. May 1, 1913
[s/o J. W. Caysel and M. E. ___]

561a.  PARKER, Handy
b. June 14, 1881 - d. November 13, 1958
[s/o Martin Parker]

561b.  PARKER, Elsie SMITH
b. 1895 - d. April 1952
[w/o Handy Parker]

562.  PARKER, [infant]  [unmarked grave]
b. August - d. December 22, 1928
[died 5 mos.; s/o Handy Parker and Elsie Smith]

563.  PARKER, Harley [unmarked grave]
b. July - d. September 16, 1937
[died 2 mos.; s/o Handy Parker and Elsie Smith]

564.  PARKER, Manuel Love  [unmarked grave]

b.  March 6, 1916 - d. June 27, 1918
[s/o Handy Parker and Elsie Smith]
NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #582; cause of death "pertussis"; informant W. S. Parker of Erwin, buried in Martins Creek Cem.

 

565.  PARKER, Madge [unmarked grave]
b. abt. 1916 - d. June 11, 1932
[d/o Handy Parker of NC and Elsie Smith; lived 16 yrs., 5 mos., 13 days]

NOTE:  Unicoi co. death record #13472; cause of death "myocarditis"; informant Wesley Parker of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

566.  COX, infant [unmarked grave]
b. ? - d. December 6, 1943
[infant child of William R. Cox and Grace Parker]

567.  COPELAND, Infant [unmarked grave]
b. ? - d. July 1945
[c/o Harrell Derring Copeland and Mildred Irene Parker]

568.  LONG, John William [Pinkston]
b. [September 19] 1871 - d. July 24, 1939
Pvt. US Volunteer Infantry - WWII
[1st wife Elsie Walker - child: Sarah Katherine
2nd wife Mary Cleo Blankenship - children: Dana, Willliam, Roy, Myrtle #569, Arlene, Grover and Helen.]
NOTE:  also served in the Spanish-American War

569.  LONG, Myrtle Alvelia [unmarked grave]
b. 1910 - d. April 29, 1951
[d/o John W. Long  #568 and Mary Cleo Blankenship]

570.  LONG, Pansy May [unmarked grave]
b. June 23, 1932 - d. July 7, 1932
[died 20 days; d/o Myrtle Alvelia Long]

571a.  LONG, Harley D. [unmarked grave]
b. 1929 - d. May 8, 1930
[s/o Dana Long and Etta Shelton[

571b.  LONG, Dana Jr.  [unmarked grave]

b. September 19, 1926 - d. July 11, 1927

[s/o Dana Long and Etta Shelton]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #16753-1927, cause of death "pneumonia and whooping cough"; informant John Long of Erwin; noted being buried in "Martins Creek"

572.  LONG, Infant [unmarked grave]
b.  ? - d. April 24, 1929
[c/o Edwards and Callie Long]

573.  LONG, Mozella [unmarked grave]
b. 1933 - d. September 25, 1934
[d/o William Martin Long and Cora Mae Higgins]

574.  MCVAY, Silas
b. 1879 - d. 1928

"Sleep in Jesus"

575.  MCVAY, Della
b. 1883 - d. 1971
[w/o Silas McVay]

576.  BENNETT, Walter Lee

b. April 12, 1923 - d. October 22, 1925

[s/o John Bennett and Annie Dunbar]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #340-1925, cause of death "lobar pneumonia"; informant father; parent mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek"

 

577.  BENNETT, Lillian [TIPTON] [unmarked]
b. abt. 1914 - d. February 27, 1938
[d/o Walter Tipton and Bessie Bennett] 

578.  BENNETT, Marie [infant] [unmarked]
b. ? - d. July 8, 1943
[d/o Clarence Bennett and Inez Riddle]

579.  BENNETT, Rebecca Ann [unmarked]
b. abt. 1948 - d. November 17, 1950
[died age 2; d/o Willliam Bennett and Mabel Ingram]

580.  BENNETT, Ruth [unmarked]
b. abt. 1932 - d. May 7, 1935
[died age 3; d/o Willliam Bennett and Mabel Ingram]

581.  BAILEY, Elbert L.
b. 1848 - d. 1935
[s/o Jesse Bailey and Millie Curtis]

582.  BAILEY, Sarah Vista [STREET]
b. 1866 - d. 1940
[w/o Elbert L. Bailey #581; d/o Elizabeth Street]

583.  TAPP, Ollie
b. April 20, 1905 - d. December 9, 1930

584.  COOPER, Dave

b. [March 6] 1896 - d. [October 18] 1967

[s/o William Cooper and Matilda Foster; wife is Sarah Jane Partin]

585.  COOPER, Joseph S.
b. August 14, 1893 - d. November 1935
[s/o William Cooper and Matilda Foster; wife Matilda Mae Cooper (buried Fairview Cem. Wash Co., TN); married June 26, 1914]

NOTE:  Coal Miner in Kentucky and Farmer; info/photo courtesy of Nancy Jackson; Tombstone - BBpytel taken Feb-09

586.  LEDFORD, Troy E.
b. July 8, 1900 - d. May 24, 1917
[s/o Joseph A. Ledford and Mary Jane Tipton]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #475 [1917]; cause of death "nephritis"; married; informant father of Erwin;

parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek

587.  JOHNSON, Dorothy Evelyn
b. September 7, 1925 - d. June 28, 1930
[d/o Sherman Johnson and Alice Britt]

588.  BRYANT, Lea
b. May 25, 1914 - d. May 16, 1932

589.  BRYANT, Thomas Wesley [unmarked grave]
b. abt. 1914 - d. May 6, 1932
[s/o C. W. Bryant and Cordelia McCurry]

590.  PARKER, Elijah M. [Martin]
b. July 25, 1875 - d. July 27, 1968
[s/o Martin Parker and Susan Garland]

591.  PARKER, Daisey [JONES]
b. January 8, 1885 - d. April 28, 1970
[w/o Elijah M. #590]

592.  PARKER, Virgie Mae
b. 1909 - d. 1911

593.  PARKER, Dollie
b/d 1911

594.  PARKER, Annie
b/d 1913

595.  PARKER, Mollie
b/d 1919
[#592-595 children of Elijah M. Parker and Daisy]

596.  NOLAND, Valda H.
b. February 16, 1897 - d. December 11, 1910

597.  BARNETT, Sarah  [PETERSON]
b. April 1, 1896 - d. February 22, 1925

[d/o John Peterson and Becky Laws #599 of NC; w/o Robert Laws]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. Death record #2696-1925; cause of death "miscarriage, pneumonia"; informant Robert Laws of Erwin' parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

598.  BARNETT, infant
b/d February 15, 1925

[child of  ____ Barnett and Sarah Peterson Barnett of NC #597]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #271-1925; cause of death "Stillborn", informant Bob Laws of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

599.  LAWS, Rebecca
b. 1869 - d. 1940

[married John Peterson]

600.  TITTLE, John  [unmarked grave]
b. May 22, 1851 - d. April 13, 1928
[died age 78; s/o Ephriam Tittle (b. 1823) and Catherine Pate buried Mt. Pleasant-Howell Cem. Unicoi Co., TN; maternal grandson John Bee Log Pate and Fannie Barrett]

601.  TITTLE, Mary C. [FOSTER]
b. April 1, 1851 - d. March 7, 1912
[w/o John Tittle; married March 14, 1873; children: George Franklin, Maria Lucinda, Lucille, Thomas Leroy, Minnie Lee]

602.  TITTLE, Gladis Irean
b. July 7, 1910 - d. August 14, 1914
[d/o George Franklin Tittle and Rose Anna Saults #603]

603.  TITTLE, Rose Anna [SAULTS]
b. September 30, 1875 - d. February 27, 1931
[w/o George Frank Tittle; d/o Thomas Saults and Sarah Williams; children: Josie, John Alex, Gladis I. #602, James William, Troy B., Mustal M., Elmer Eugene #604, and 2 stillborn]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #3858; cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis/pneumonia"; widow of George Frank Tittle; informant John Title of Erwin; parents mention in record; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

604.  TITTLE, Elmer Eugene
b. August 16, 1912 - d. May 9, 1927
[s/o George Franklin Tittle and Rose Anna Saults #603]

605.  TITTLE, Bobby Lee
b. August 23, 1940 - d. November 21, 1944
[s/o Troy B. Tittle (buried Evergreen Cem.)and Dessie Shehan]

606.  TITTLE, infant [unmarked grave]
b. ? - d. October 23, 1935
[child of Brady Tittle and Ethel Tipton]

607.  TITTLE, Kathy Ann [unmarked grave]
b. ? - d. June 29, 1957
[d/o Arlene Tittle]

608.  TITTLE, Teresa Ann [unmarked grave]
b /d. July 22, 1963
[d/o Joseph Roscoe Tittle and Judy Ann Hodges]

609.  SAMS, Woodward
b. ? - d. 1913
[s/o Bessie Sams]

610.  EDWARDS, Jason
b. 1883 - d. 1940

611.  EDWARDS, Bessie
b. 1890 - d. 1973
[w/o Jason Edwards]

612.  EDWARDS, Jason M.
b. August 12, 1908 - d. August 27, 1964
Pvt., 35th Infantry, WWI - Army
[s/o Asbury Edwards and Cora Lee Pate]

613.  COLEY, Jeffrey L.
b. 1959 - d. 1966

614.  ANDERS,  Rachel Mahala [HAMPTON] [unmarked]

b. May 8, 1850 - d. June 16, 1930

[died age 80; d/o William Hampton and Melina Lisenby; w/o Ross Anders #292 - married November 12, 1868;

children: Sarah, Rachel, Daniel, William, Jacob]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14939-1930; cause of death "pellegra"; widown; parents mentioned in record and buried in "Erwin."

 

615a.  ANDERS, Elbert G.

b. 1868 - d. 1947

[s/o Ross Anders #292 and Rachel Mahala Hampton #614]
 

615b.  ANDERS, Martha E.

b. 1872 - d. 1937

[w/o Elbert G. Anders]

 

616.  ANDERS, Essie May  [unmarked]

b. September 16, 1914 - d. October 28, 1914

[s/o Wordin Anders and Sara P.]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record [no #], died of "hives"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

617.  ANDERS, Elsie
b. March 22, 1906 - d. April 6, 1923
[d/o Elbert G. Anders and Martha E.]

618.  ANDERS, Stuart  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1913 - d. July 24, 1959
[died age 46]

619.  ANDERS, Isaac Grady [unmarked]
b. abt. 1915 - d. September 21, 1933
[died age 18; s/o Hazen Anders and Levi Fletcher]

620.  PIERCY, Stanley Virginia
b. April 20, 1921 - d. July 29, 1979

621.  LAWING, Stanley
b. April 22, 1900 - d. September 6, 1920

"At Rest In Heaven"

 

622.  LAWING, June
b. December 22, 1898 - d. February 6, 1985

"God Keep Her in Thy Care"
[w/o Stanley]

NOTE:  photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

623.  WILLIAMS, Dave
b. June 17, 1896 - d. April 1, 1971
Pvt. 56th Infantry, WWI - Army

624.  WILLIAMS, Martha
b. 1904 - d. 1985

625.  WILLIAMS, Tereley
b. February 6, 1921 - d. January 21, 1923
[child of Dave Williams and Martha]

626.  THOMAS, W. Clifford
b. May 21, 1905 - d. June 30, 1943

627.  THOMAS, Sarah Jane
b. October 5, 1905 - d.
[w/o W. Clifford Thomas]

628.  USALIS, William
b. May 6, 1890 - d. June 7, 1944
Pvt. 5th Division, WWI

629.  LEWIS, Robert H. [Robert Hiram]
b. April 19, 1855 - d. August 31, 1945
[s/o Matthew Alexander Lewis and Elizabeth Tipton #631]
NOTE: Born in Little Creek, Yancey Co., NC;  1st wife Sarah Jane Holloway - their children: Altha, James Nelson, PreJettie, Robert L., Goldman R., John B.]

2nd Wife - Ban Hensley #630

 

630.  LEWIS, Ban [Belanderona HENSLEY]
b. September 13, 1867 - d. May 22, 1943
[d/o William Issam Hensley and Hannah Bradford-Cooper (buried Sam L. Bradford Cem.); w/o Robert Hiram Lewis;

children: Harris, Janice, Mallie buried Old Hensley #92]

NOTE:  Born in Little Creek, Yancey Co., NC; mother buried at Sam L Bradford Cem

 

631.  LEWIS, Elizabeth [TIPTON]
b. November 25, 1837 - d. August --?
[w/o Matthew Alexander Lewis; d/o Jacob Tipton and Elizabeth Randolph; children: Robert H. #629, Martha, Joseph Samuel, Melissa, Loretta, John, William, Hiram, Ansel, Adolphus, Ruth]

NOTE:  Husband is buried in Jackson Co., NC

632.  WILLIAMS, J. W.
b. October 16, 1888 - d. May 11, 1923

633.  WILLIAMS, Dora [HAMPTON]
b.  April 2, 1896 - d. August 30, 1922
[w/o J. W. Williams; d/o George Hampton and Lizzie; dies age 24]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #330-1922, died age 24; married; cause of death "typhoid fever"; informant M. Hapmton of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek."

634.  WILLIAMS, William
[s/o Willis Williams]

635.  WILLIAMS, Willis W.
b. August 11 1950 - d. March 14, 1970
Pvt. 6th Eng. Batallion - Vietnam

636.  WILLIAMS, Cornelia [ANDERS]
b. September 7, 1900 - d. April 3, 1964
[w/o Henry C. Williams #637; d/o John Anders]

637a.  WILLIAMS, Henry Clay  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1855 - d. December 9, 1941
[died aged 86; s/o William McDaniel Williams and Lucinda Henson of Little Creek, Yancey Co., NC]

637b.  WILLIAMS, Louisa [ESTEP] [unmarked]

b. abt. 1851 - d. February 27, 1933

[w/o H.C. Williams; d/o Sam Estep and unknown]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #4433, died age 82-born in NC; cause of death "influenza"; informant Pitman Williams of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek."

638.  WILLIAMS, Bonnie [unmarked]
b. abt. 1953 - d. May 28, 1962
[d/o Mitchell Williams and Valerie Moore]

639.  [unmarked]

640.  BAILEY, Hudson
b. November 11, 1931 - d. May 15, 1933

641.  MATHES, Loda
b. May 9, 1875 - d. August 29, 1936

[wife - Sarah; s/o William Mathes and Hester Bailey]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #21443-1936;-born in Wash. Co., TN; cause of death "paralysis"; informant George W. Mathes - Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek."

642.  MATHES, Lula [FOSTER]
b. April 12, 1887 - d. February 26, 1922

643.  MATHES, Amanda [COOPER]  [unmarked]
b. 1889 - d. May 26, 1927
[d/o William Cooper and Matilda "Tildy" Foster; w/o John Mathes]

644.  MATHES, Teresa [MCCANN]  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1912 - d. May 29, 1941
[died age 29; w/o Benjamin Mathes; d/o Dillard McCann and Louise Higgins]

645.  MATHES, Estelle [unmarked]
b. September 22, 1931 - d. October 4, 1932
[d/o Benjamin Mathes and Teressa McCann]

646.  MATHES, Ruth [unmarked]
b. abt. 1928 - d. September 16, 1929
[d/o Benjamin Mathes and  Teressa McCann]

647.  MATHES, Ray [unmarked]
b. abt. 1925 - d. April 29, 1957
[died age 32]

648.  MATHES, William Monroe [unmarked]
b. abt. 1940 - d. September 21, 1943
[died age 3; s/o Edward Mathes and Alice Green]

649.  MASTERS, Ramel Howard
b. September 26, 1914 - d. July 24, 1989
"Free Mason"

650.  MASTERS, Hazel Lee
b. September 19, 1923 - d. May 13, 1977

651.  MASTERS, Estes B.
b. May 24, 1891 - d. August 16, 1967

652.  MASTERS, Anna Lee
b. September 1, 1892 - d. December 5, 1976

653.  MASTERS, Ralph Edgar
b. January 18, 1919 - d. December 28, 1973
Sgt. US Army Air Force - WWII
"Free Mason"

654.  MASTERS, Shirley
b. August 28, 1935 - d. February 1, 1936

655.  HENSLEY, Mary Isabel [COBBLE]
b. 1908 - d. 1934

[w/o Kimsey Sylvester Hensley buried New Bethel Cem. Sullivan Co., TN]

NOTE:  her death occurred suddenly when a stomach tumor ruptured; info courtesy of Randy Davison

656.  RUNNION, W. Thomas
b. October 22, 1889 - d. December 2, 1958
[s/o George Runnion and Nancy Gillis]

657.  RUNNION, Lydia M. [COFFEE]
b. July 18, 1890 - d. May 24, 1974
[w/o W. Thomas Runnion]

658.  LANCE, Ruben
b. February 28, 1878 - d. June 10, 1955

659.  LANCE, Julie M.
b. January 5, 1888 - d. April 25, 1966
[w/o Rube Lance]

660.  WALDROP, W. B
b. November 13, 1863 - d. October 12, 1934

661.  FRANKLIN, Hester WALDROP
b. June 3, 1861 - d. September 10, 1926
[d/o Joseph Waldrop and Millie Ray]

662.  RIDDLE, Mollie [GOUGE]
b. November 11, 1889 - d. February 22, 1923

663.  GARLAND, Augustus G.
b. February 24, 1872 - d. March 13, 1945

664.  GARLAND, Adrina [GRIFFITH]
b. February 4, 1872 - d. April 28, 1957
[w/o Augustus]

665.  GARLAND, Herman D.
b. July 14, 1911 - d. July 29, 1937
[s/o Augustus Garland #663 and Adina Griffith #664]

666.  GARLAND, Myrtle
b. April 21, 1903 - d. September 6, 1921
[d/o Augustus G. Garland #663 and Adina Griffith #664]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #398-1921; cause of death "typhoid fever"; single; informant father of Ernestville; parents mentioned in record; buried Martins Creek.

667.  RICHARDSON, Ruth Kitty [GARLAND]
b. October 6, 1913 - d. February 3, 1960
[d/o Augustus G. Garland and Adina Griffith]

668.  ERWIN, Verna M.
b. September 23, 1894 - d. January 27, 1923

669.  ERWIN, Lula Pearl [CALLAHAN] [unmarked grave]
b. abt. 1889 - d. April 27, 1935
[d/o W. Callahan and Rosa Jervis]

670.  WILSON, Lowell Gene
b. August 8, 1934 - d. September 23, 1934

671.  BARNETT, Leonard J.
b. 1910 - d. 1974
Tec 5, US Army

672.  BARNETT, William Ted
b. September 23, 1934 - d. October 9, 1934
[s/o Samuel and Sarah Barnett]

673.  BARNETT, Marion
b. 1868 - d. 1947
[s/o Rev. Spencer P. Barnett and Hannah Honeycutt]

674.  BARNETT, [Martha] Ellen [MILLER]
b. 1876 - d. 1951
[w/o Marion Barnett]

675.  BARNETT, Marie
b. May 17, 1917 - d. April 19, 1921
[d/o Marion Barnett and Martha Ellen Miller]

676.  BARNETT, T. C. [unmarked grave]
b. abt 1848 - d. February 22, 1930
[s/o Dave Barnett and Hannah Stanley]

677.  HONEYCUTT, Dora Lee
b. September 3, 1873 - d. January 21, 1968

678.  MCCRACKEN, Joseph T.
b. March 16, 1912 - d. August 9, 1968

679.  HIGGINS, Nellie [HUGHES]
b. September 3, 1901 - d. February 1, 1981

680.  HOPSON, William C.
b. 1845 - d. January 12, 1923
Pvt. Co. K. 3rd NC Mounted Infantry - Union Army

[s/o George Hopson of NC and Delila Hopson of NC]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #300-1923; died age 78; born in Mitchell Co., NC; cause of death "unknown"; widower; informant David A. Hughes of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried at "Martins Creek Cem."

681.  HOPSON, Martha Jane
b. December 25, 1851 - d. October 24, 1924
[w/o William C. Hopson]

682.  "Little" Jack [suspected relative of HOPSON]
b. June 28, 1919 - d. September 29, 1921

683.  HARRIS, Samuel Isaac
b. June 6, 1903 - d. December 6, 1977

684.  HARRIS, Bessie J.  [GILLIS]
b. September 28, 1906 - d. June 20, 1994
[w/o Samuel Isaac]

685.  HARRIS, Willard Brady
b.  March 29, 1927 - d. May 17, 1927
[s/o Samuel I. Harris and Bessie J. Gillis #683/684]
NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Cert #11669 - found dead in bed

686.  ADKINS, Samuel H.
b. ? - d. October 19, 1957
[s/o Dennis Hoyt Adkins and Macie Imogene Harris]

687a.  LEWIS, Theodore J.
b. 1883 - d. 1962
[s/o William Lewis and ?]

687b.  LEWIS, Ada [BIGGS]
b. 1885 - d. 1928
[w/o Theodore Lewis]

688b. LOVELACE, Lillian [LEWIS]
b. March 21, 1919 - d. November 9, 1998
"Always in Our Hearts"
[d/o Theodore J. Lewis #687 and Ada Biggs #688a]
NOTE:  Mrs. Lovelace retired from United Telephone - 35 years of service.

689.  FANNING, Heather Marie
b/d 1976
[included in plot are 3 stones marked "Infant"]

690.  PHILLIPS, James H.
b. 1873 - d. 1961

691.  PHILLIPS, Alice
b. 1881 - d. 1966
[w/o James H. Phillips]

692.  CAPPS, William M.
b. May 9, 1842 - d. March 11, 1921
Co H. 3rd NC Mounted Infantry - Union Army

693.  CAPPS, Sarah
b. May 9, 1852 - d. 1922
[w/o William M. Capps]

694.  GILBERT, Carl R.
b. June 4, 1898 - d. March 27, 1982
[s/o R. W. H. Gilbert #337 and Serena E. Banner #338]

695.  GILBERT, Melda P. [TINKER]
b. December 19, 1898 - d.
[w/o Carl R. Gilbert; children are: Beatrice, Edward #696, Jessie Lee,
Audra, R.C., Clifford, Robert, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Iris, Betty, Margaret]

696.  GILBERT, Edward
b. April 17, 1919 - d. February 27, 1921
[s/o Carl R. Gilbert #694 and Melda P. Tinker #695]

697.  PETERSON, Grover
b. 1879 - d. August 1, 1934
[s/o Joshua Peterson of NC and Martha Warrick of VA]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #26502-1934; from Relief, NC; died at age 55 yr., 4 mos., 21 days; cause of death "heart disease'; informant Pansy Peterson; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

698.  PETERSON, Geneva Treaty [JONES]
b. March 2, 1882 - d. May 13, 1960
[w/o Grover Peterson}

699a.  PETERSON, Pearl
b. 1900 - d. 1934
[d/o Grover Peterson and Treaty Jones]

699b.  PETERSON, Paul Roscoe [unmarked]

b. May 1, 1900 - d. February 24, 1935

[s/o Grover Peterson and Treaty Jones; married Ethel Howell]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #7336-1935; born in Knoxville; cause of death "lobar pneumonia"; informant was wife Ethel Howell; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

700.  PETERSON, Infant [unmarked]
b. ? - d. May 27, 1935
[infant of W. N. Peterson and Edith Cash]

701.  PETERSON, Joshua  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1865 - d. June 24, 1930
[s/o John Peterson and Ann Radford]

702.  PETERSON, Linda Jane [JESTUS]  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1872 - d. February  27, 1955
[died age 83; d/o Jake Jestus; w/o Joshua Peterson #701]

703.  WHITE, Charles C.
b. March 30, 1888 - d. August 19, 1949
Pvt. 5th Calvary - WWI

704.  WHITE, Jennie [MYRTLE]
b. March 22, 1889 - d. February 11, 1959
[w/o Charles C. White #703]

705.  WHITE, Charles Jr.
b. May 20, 1915 - d. September 15, 1915
[s/o Charles C. White #703 and Jennie Myrtle. #704]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #512-1915; cause of death "malnutrition"; informant father of Erwin; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

706.  HARRIS, William M.
b. September 9, 1881 - d. June 4, 1959
[s/o Harrison Harris and Judy Banner #206a/b]

707.  HARRIS, Jossie [Jane HAMPTON]

b. January 2, 1885 - d. January 22, 1968

[d/o Ann Hampton; w/o William M. Harris #706;  children:  Harry #710, Cecil, Ralph, George #709, Ulise #711, Carl, Franklin, Allie, Maude, Linda #708, Kathleen, Jude]

708.  HARRIS, Linda

b. September 25, 1920 - d. January 23, 1926

[d/o William M. Harris #706 and Jossie Hampton #707]

NOTE:  Ulise's military groundstone is next to Linda's --Ulise also has an upright stone.

Unicoi Co., Death Record #2172, died age 5 yrs. 7 mos., cause of death "dipheria"; parents mentiond in record, buried Martins Creek.

709.  HARRIS, George
b. March 6, 1917 - d. January 12, 1979
[s/o William M. Harris #706 and Jossie Hampton #707; never married]

710.  HARRIS, Harry H.
b. October 15, 1910 - d. June 15, 1951
[s/o William M. Harris #706 and Jossie Hampton #707];
married Belle West; children: Lester, William, Earl, Phillip, Dewey, John, Jeane, Yvonne]

711.  HARRIS, Ulise
b. December 18, 1918 - d. November 17, 1948
PFC 393 Infantry, WWII
[d/o William M. Harris #706 and Josie Hampton #707; married Dollie Hoyle - one son Carroll]
NOTE:  Death Certificate #25705 Unicoi Co., TN - died age 29 of gunshot to the head "suicide"

712.  STRICKLAND, Ressie L.
b. May 26, 1896 - d. August 6, 1985
[d/o Daniel Strickland #720 and Madge Blevins #721]

713. STRICKLAND, Helen J.
b. April 26, 1918 - d. May 27, 1998
[d/o Daniel Strickland #720 and Madge Blevins #721]

714.  STRICKLAND, Charles
b. September 3, 1909 - d. ?
[s/o Daniel Strickland #720 and Madge Blevins #721]

715.  STRICKLAND, Mary
b. March 25, 1908 - d. February 2, 1981
[w/o Charles Strickland #714]

716.  TILSON, Jesse F.
b. September 26, 1889 - February 9, 1971

717.  TILSON, Mamie [HIGGINS]
b. November 11, 1895 - d. September 18, 1980
[w/o Jesse F. Tilson #716]

718.  TILSON, Jesse Dwight
b. April 21, 1920 - d. March 24, 1946
[s/o Jesse F. Tilson and Mamie Higgins #716/#717]

719.  TILSON, Dellar Mae
b. June 27, 1916 - d. August 19, 1923
[d/o Jesse F. Tilson and Mamie Higgins #716/#717]
NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death cert #379 - died of cerebral spinal meningitis-typhoid

720.  STRICKLAND, Daniel N.
b. July 24, 1867 - d. October 4, 1948
[s/o William Strickland and Lucretia Need]

721.  STRICKLAND, Madge M. [BLEVINS]
b. January 15, 1877 - d. May 10, 1935
[w/o Daniel N. Strickland; children: Jim, William, John, Charles #714, Ressie #712, Deane, Maude and Dora]

722.  STRICKLAND, Earl R. [infant]
b/d September 6, 1920

723.  TITTLE, Walter A.
b. November 7 1892 - d. ?

724.  TITTLE, Lucy M.
b. April 15, 1898 - d. January 25, 1959

"At Rest in Peace"

w/o Walter A.

NOTE:  photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

725.  TITTLE, Luther James
b. December 24, 1920 - d. December 27, 1949

726.  TITTLE, Lula Mae
b. September 28, 1927 - d. January 20, 1947

727.  BAXTER, Lorenzo D.
b. September 12, 1884 - d. July 23, 1970

728.  BAXTER, Elizabeth R.
b. February 23, 1886 - d. August 23, 1970
[w/o  Lorenzo D.]

729.  BAXTER, Gene Edward
b. March 27, 1927 - d. December 16, 1969

PFC MP Co. WWII
[s/o Lorenzo D. Baxter and Elizabeth R.]

730.  POPE, William E.
b. 1878 - d. March 26, 1931
[s/o Patrick Pope and unknown; married Ibbie Tipton #732]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. Death Record #7114-1931; died age 55; cause of  death  "post operative emboli"; married; informant Mrs. Bernie Laws of Erwin; father and unknown mother mentioned in record; buried at "Martins Creek"

731.  POPE, John R.

b. January 27, 1844 - d. September 13, 1923

Pvt. Co. F, 59th Regiment, Tenn Mtd Infantry -Eakin's 1st Batallion - CSR

[s/o John Richard Pope and unknown]
NOTE: Unicoi Co. Death Record #386-1923; born Chatam Co., NC; cause of  death  "paralysis"; married; informant Henry C. Pope; father and unknown mother mentioned in record; buried at "Martins Creek". 

Photo courtesy of Lisa Ellen Laws. 

732.  DUNCAN, Ibbie POPE [TIPTON]

b. March 27, 1888 - d. December 31, 1981

733.  FOSTER, Sallie [Sarah] BAILEY
b. abt. 1860 - d. April 18, 1920
[w/o Henry Burton Foster; children Daniel and Sarah]

734.  FOSTER, H. B.  [Henry Burton]  [unmarked]
b. 1855 - d. February 3, 1932
[s/o Kennedy "Kan" Foster and Rebecca Kersawn]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. Death Record #3865-1932; died at age 73; death cause "carcinoma of face"; informant Dora Hughes; buried at "Martins Creek"

735.  TOMPKINS, Harriett [FOSTER] [unmarked]
b. ? - d. April 14, 1940
[d/o Kann Foster and Becky Owens]

736.  FOSTER, Arthur [unmarked]
b. 1880 - d. February 7, 1929
[s/o Harriett Foster]

737.  FOSTER, Carolyn [unmarked]
b. February 16, 1941 - d. February 28, 1941
[died 12 days; d/o Orville Foster and Stella Tipton]

738.  BAXTER, Little Joe
b. June 21, 1916 - d. June 24, 1916
[s/o Lorenzo D. Baxter #727 and Elizabeth. R. #728]

739.  RUTHERFORD, Lisa Gay
b. July 9, 1960 - d. October 10, 1960

740a.  HARRIS, John Henry
b. January 23, 1885 - d. October 30, 1969

740b.  HARRIS, Mary Frances [SMITH]
b. August 12, 1888 - d. May 10, 1946
[d/o Thomas Marion Smith and Clara Allen #177/178; w/o John H. Harris #740a]
NOTE:  Death Certificate #11216 Unicoi Co., TN; died age 57 of heart failure/heart disease

741.  HARRIS, Siddie Pearl  [unmarked]

b.  August 14, 1919 - d. August 19, 1920

[d/o John Henry Harris and Mary Frances Smith]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #447, cause of death "Dysentery"; died age 1 yr 6 days; parents mentioned in record; buried Martins Creek Cem.

742.  LAWING, James Berry [unmarked]
b. June 28, 1874 - d. September 20, 1956
[s/o William Lawing and Lucinda Harris]

743a.  LAWING, Jack  [unmarked]
b. March 5,. 1928 - d. March 27, 1930
[died age 2; s/o William M. Lawing and Bessie Thomas]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #7321; cause of death "influenza and operation"; informant father of Erwin; parents mention in record; buried Martins Creek Cem.

 

743b.  LAWING, Clara Belle  [unmarked]

b.  December 5, 1922 - d. December 22, 1923

[d/o William M. Lawing and Bessie Thomas]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #419-1923; cause of death "Unknown"; informant father-Erwin; parents mentioned in record; "buried Martins Creek."

744a.  LAWING, W. A. "Dock"
b. August 6, 1876 - d. December 4, 1959

744b.  LAWING, Parlee Alford
b. July 24, 1887 - d. December 19, 1975
[w/o W. A. Lawing]

745.  LAWING, Page
b/d. March 20, 1923
[infant d/o W. A. Lawing and Parlee Alford #744/745]

746.  LAWING, Paul
b. 1909 - d. 1919
[s/o W. A. Lawing and Parlee Alford #744/745]

747.  LAWING, Lucinda [HARRIS]
b. abt. 1843 - d. May 19, 1920

[w/o William Lawing]

 

746.  LAWING, Elbert

b. abt. 1869 - February 28, 1918

[s/o William Lawing and Lucinda Harris]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #540 [1918]; cause of death "peritonitis"; informant W. A. Lawing of Erwin, parents mentioned in record;  buried "Martins Creek."

749.  COOPER, Moses
b. February 13, 1900 - d. March 2, 1985

750.  COOPER, Nell  [ALLIS]
b. May 2, 1910 - d. October 22, 1999
[w/o Moses Cooper]

751.  COOPER, Theodore
b. September 26, 1928 - d. August 16, 1930
[s/o Moses Cooper and Nell Allis #749/750]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #19898-1930; died 1 yr. 10 mos, 11 days; cause of death "colitis"; informant father of Erwin, parents mentioned in record;  buried in "Martins Creek".

 

752a.  THOMAS, Pearl Lee [LAWING]
b. January 14, 1900 - d. July 29, 1917
[w/o William Thomas; d/o Elbert Lawing and Fannie Pate]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #499 [1917]; cause of death "giving birth"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

752b.  THOMAS, Goldie [unmarked]

b/d. July 29, 1917

[d/o William Thomas and Pear Lee Lawing]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #498 [1917]; cause of death "unknown"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

753.  SQUIBB, Margaret Lou [JAMISON]
b. April 14, 1861 - d. October 27, 1939
[d/o unknown Jamison and Hettie McCracken]

754.  WILLIAMS, G. C. [George Campbell]
b. [November 22] 1866 - d. 1920
[husband of Fannie Hensley #755]

755.  WILLIAMS, Fannie [HENSLEY]
b. April 25, 1870 - d. November 13, 1954
[w/o George C. William #754; d/o William Hensley and Harriett Proffit]

756.  WILLIAMS, Ruth
b. November 6, 1903 - d. December 5, 1926

757.  MILLER, Hyder R.
b. January 8, 1896 - d. May 13, 1960

NOTE:  photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

758.  MILLER, Cecil M.
b. December 29, 1900 - d. March 10, 1920

[d/o George Miller and Hester Ambrose; married Hyder Miller #757]

NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #401-1920; cause of death "post partum hemorrhage"; married; informant Hyder Miller (husband) Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

ground stone photo courtesy Peggy Gillen

759.  TILSON, Elsie SALTS [unmarked grave]
b. May 24, 1908 - d. May 20, 1930
[died age 21, d/o Felix Miller and Mary Ellen Salts]
NOTE:  wife of Lincoln Tilson; Unicoi Co., Death Cert #12393 - died of  Pellagra

760.  SALTS, infant [unmarked grave]
b. ?- d. January 24, 1937
[child of Jack F. Salts and Lillian Lewis]

761.  JOHNSON, Ivory
b. April 11, 1890 - d. September 26, 1918
[s/o Charles E. Johnson and Delcena Sales #765]

762.  JOHNSON, Georgia [SMITH]
b. August 11, 1891 - d.
[w/o Ivery Johnson]

763.  JOHNSON, Robert C.
b. 1918 - d. 1928
[s/o Ivery Johnson and Georgia]

764.  JOHNSON, J. Theodore C.
b. 1914 -1928
[s/o Ivery Johnson #761 and Georgia #762]

765.  JOHNSON, Delcena [SALES]
b. 1868 - d. 1954
[w/o Charles Edward Johnson;
d/o James Sales and Martha Henderson]

766.  HOYLE, William E.
b. July 20, 1932 - d. August 2, 1970
Cpl, U.S. Army - Korea

767.  SMITH, Cordia JOHNSON
b. July 29, 1899 - October 28, 1986

768.  NORRIS, Charlie Thomas
b. 1890 - d. 1952

769.  NORRIS, Addie [JOHNSON]
b. 1897 - d. 1943
[d/o Edward Johnson and Delcenia Sales #765]

770.  NORRIS, Richard Herman
b. March 16, 1919 - d. March 29, 1919
[s/o Charles T. Norris #768 and Addie Johnson #769]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. Death Record #433-1919, cause of death "jaundice"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record and buried in "Martins Creek"

771.  NORRIS, Lila Jean
b. 1927 - d. 1928
[d/o Charles T. Norris #768 and Addie Johnson #767]

772.  FOSTER, Bernie C.
b. July 10, 1911 - d. October 18. 1956
[s/o Arthur Foster and Cordia Johnson]

773.  FOSTER, Viola E [ENGLE]
b. March 4, 1914 - d.  [abt. 2000?]
[d/o Isaac G. Engle and Lockie A. Briggs #774/775;  1st w/o Bernie C. Foster #772; 2nd wife to Huskins]

774.  ENGLE, Isaac G.
b. August 22, 1880 - d. ?
[s/o A. B. Engle and Sarah Hensley]

775.  ENGLE, Lockie Ann [BRIGGS]
b. August 28, 1883 - d. December 7, 1945
[d/o P. J. Briggs and Lucinda Tipton]

797.  HARRISON, William

b. abt. 1870? - d. March 8, 1929

"Chief Little Bear"

[parents unknown - aka Sioux Indian Medicine Man]

NOTE:  Claimed to be the nephew of Sitting Bull of Little Bighorn; Sold herbal treatments to local residents of Erwin; He was stabbed in the abdomen by a fellow resident and sent to the Erwin hospital to get stitched up during which time he encountered a fight with his physician.   Subsequent to the brawl with the Dr., Police placed William Harrison in jail where he was allegedly beaten by police.  Near death he was transferred to Johnson City for treatment where he died shortly thereafter.  Erwin sympathizers collected money to pay for his burial and tombstone.  Photo is available at ETSU, box #34; also on page 469 , "Around Home in Unicoi Co. by William Helton"

798.  COOPER, Martin
b. ? - d. April 24, 1921
Pvt. 11th Infantry, 5th Division - WWI

799.  COOPER, Samuel
b. ? - d. 1936

800.  COOPER, Naomi "Oma" [TIPTON]
b. ? - d. 1921
[w/o Samuel]

801.  COOPER, John D.  [unmarked]
b. March 14, 1914 - d. May 14, 1936
[s/o Samuel Cooper and Naomi Tipton #799-800]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #13942-1936; single, cause of death "ruptured ulcer, peritonitis"; born in Yancey Co., NC.; informant Moses Cooper of Erwin.; parents mention in record; buried "Martins Creek Cem."

802.  PRICE, Samuel
b. April 4, 1886 - d. February 21, 1972

803.  PRICE, Clarisie [COOPER]
b. December 4, 1896 - d. February 9, 1982
[w/o Samuel #802; children: Martin #793, Stewart #794]

804.  MALFALCONE, Ethel [HARRISON]
b. November 13, 1896 - d. September 1, 1986
[suspected d/o Chief Little Bear Harrison]

805.  HARRISON, Alice
b. April 12, 1904 - June 4, 1905
[d/o E. N. Harrison]

806.  HARRISON, Callie [LOVE]
b. 1880 - d. 1958
[d/o William C. Love #808 and Delcena Emmert #809;
child: Ted buried Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin TN]
NOTE:  married E. N. Harrison on 20th June 1895

807.  SIZEMORE, Danny [unmarked]
b. abt. 1933 - d. May 11, 1934
[died age 1; s/o J. J. Sizemore and Carrie B. Harrison]

808a.  LOVE, William Clyde.
b. 1852 - d. January 29, 1926
[s/o Robert Love]

808b.  LOVE, Delcena [Catherine EMMERT]
b. October 14, 1858 - d. May 5, 1931
[w/o William C. Love #808a;  d/o William Carter Emmert and Mary Amanda Renshaw (buried Jobe Cem. #81/82);

children: James, Sarah C., Callie #806,  Ethel, Jim]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #11891; cause of death "carcinoma of uterus"; born in Missouri.; informant R.H. Bradshaw Jr.; parents mention in record; buried Martins Creek Cem.

809a.  KERNS, Ina M.
b. October 9. 1904 - d. April 22, 1990

809b.  KERNS, Charles H.
b. October 11, 1899 - d. November 29, 1963
[s/o William Ellsworth  Kerns and Myrtie Jane Rogers]

810a.  KERNS, Laura [LOVE]
b. March 26, 1902 - d. December 15, 1942
[d/o William Pinkston Love and Minnie Jane Williams; w/o Charles H. #810]

810b.  KERNS, Samuel M.
b. December 20, 1935 - d. September 12, 2000

811a.  SCHAUMBERG, Wilbur E. "Bill"
b. February 11, 1921 - d. December 5, 1995
U S Army - WWII

811b.  SCHAUMBERG, Peggy [KERNS]
b. 1924 - d. November 14, 2005
[w/o Wilbur E. 811a; d/o Charles H. Kerns and Lauren Bell Love]
NOTE:  Retired from the Johnson City Medical Center worked in food service.  Member of the Embreevile Church of Christ;
Siblings: H. D. Kerns, William E. Kerns, Robert E. Kerns, Charles H., Samuel M., Blanch Kerns-Master Myrtle Kerns-Childress, Nellie Kerns Bennett, one sister and brother alive. 

812.  MILLER, Robert N.
b. 1861 - 1940

813.  MILLER, Lillie B.
b. 1859 - d. 1923
[w/o Robert N. #812]

814.  MILLER, Orville [unmarked]
b. abt. 1918 - d. September 27, 1935
[died age 17; s/o William Miller]

815.  MILLER, infant [unmarked]
b/d February 6, 1935
[d/o Hobart Miller and Amanda Watts]

816.  WATTS, Blake [unmarked]
b. July 22, 1909 - d. April 24, 1927
[s/o William Watts and Nancy Jones]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #9188-1927, cause of death "pulmonary tuberculosis"; informant Bessie Watts -Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek Cem."

817.  WATTS, William Estel [unmarked]
b. abt. 1915 - d. April 2, 1945

818.  MILLER, Reba  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1925 - d. January 22, 1928
[died age 3; d/o Roscoe Miller of NC and Ruby Duncan]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #2329-1928, died age 3, cause of death "meningitis"; informant mother of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Martins Creek"

819.  MILLER, Temperance [BARNETT]   [unmarked]
b.  January 15, 1876 - d. November 12, 1934
[died age 58; w/o William Miller; d/o William Barnett and Elmira Bailey]

820.  DUGGER, child   [unmarked]
b. January 15, 1931 - d. January 16, 1931
[child of M. M. Dugger and Mary Lou Miller]

821.  MOON, Mary Lou [MILLER]
b. July 2, 1887 - d. November 10, 1892

822. PARSLEY, Charlotte [unmarked]  [JAMES]
b. March 30, 1861 - b. February 11, 1931
[d/o Abner James and Millie Young; married Moses Parsley]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #4534, cause of death "dropsy"; she was born in Kentucky; informant George Parsley of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

823.  PARSLEY, Thomas J. [infant] [unmarked]
d. February 23, 1931
[s/o Charles A. Parsley and Mable Square]

824.  PARSLEY, Willis D. [infant] [unmarked]
[s/o Charles A. Parsley and Mable Square]

825a.  JONES, Steven Collis   [unmarked]

b. September 1867 - d. May 8, 1925

[died age 77; s/o William M. Jones and Mary Ann Gilbert]

825b.  JONES, Eliza Emma [FOSTER]   [unmarked]

b. December 1868 - d. May 4, 1946

[w/o Steven Collis Jones #825a; d/o Thomas Foster and Naomi Chandler Foster Cemetery #1; children: Rosita, James H. #826, William Thomas, Dudley, Lula Mae, Mary Love, Mack P, Carrie]

826a.  JONES, Bud  [James Henry]

b. October 18, 1888 - d. December 2, 1978

"Free Mason"

[s/o Steven C. Jones #825a and Eliza Emma Foster #825b]

NOTE:  He worked for the Clinchfield RR; he was summons to go to Kingsport, TN to acquire a crane for the hanging of Mary the Elephant. --info courtesy of Connie Jones Horton.

826b.  JONES, Elizabeth Jane [FOSTER]

b. July 1, 1890 - d. October 5, 1957

[w/o James H. "Bud" Jones; married March 4, 1927;

 d/o James Madison Foster and Nancy Sams]

PHOTO:  courtesy of Connie Jones Horton.

827.  JONES, Louise

b. May 12, 1915 - d. April 1, 1999

828.  JONES, Dorothy Sue

b. 1922 - d. 1923

[infant d/o Bud Jones and Elizabeth Jane Foster]

829.  JONES, Douglas

b. August 30, 1934 - d. October 28, 1934

[infant s/o Ernest H. Jones Sr. and Elizabeth Barnett]

830.  JONES, Vilma Ann  [unmarked]
b. abt. 1945 - d. May 17, 1953
[d/o Luther Jones and Isabella Williams]

831.  BROUGHMAN, Alice [CASH]
b. December 12, 1950 - d.
[d/o Joseph Cash and Virginia Smith]

832.  MATHES, Phillips
b. 1963 - d. 1983

833.  CHURCH, William "Bill"
b. 1882 - d. 1942
[s/o Henry Church and Susan Estep]

834.  CHURCH, Polly [Mary MILLER]
b. 1875 - d. 1942
[w/o of William Church # 834a; d/o Timothy Miller and Sarah Sallie Bennett]

835.  CHURCH, Sarah May
b. 1910 -d. 1924
"Sister"
[d/o William Church and Mary Polly Miller #834a/b]

836a.  MATHES, Phillip
b. 1963 - d. 1983

836b.  MATHES, Sammy M.
b. 1945 - d. 2001

837.  HOLTON, Florence E.
b. April 28, 1906 - d. September 7, 1996

838.  HORTON, David M.

b. October 18, 1844 - d. May 18, 1924

[s/o Zephaniah Horton and Vestie Piercy - NC]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #255-1924, cause of death "pneumonia"; married; parents mentioned in record; buried in "Erwin."

 

863.  TIPTON, David J.

b. 1943 - d. March 7, 2010

[s/o Dave Tipton and Zettie Piercy]

NOTE:  died at age 67; self employed in construction  - obituary

864a.  RUNNION, Thomas Clingman
b. June 28, 1855 - d. June 25, 1930
[s/o Thomas L. Runnion and Elizabeth "Betty" Harris-Hensley buried Flag Pond School #28a/b]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #14936-1930; cause of death "nephritis"; occupation- Blacksmith; died at age 70 yrs, 11 mos., 28 days; born in NC;; informant W. C. Runion of Erwin.

864b. RUNNION, Sue Emma [GUINN]
b. March 28, 1875 - d. April 23, 1957
[d/o William F. Guinn (b. April 1848) and Mary Jane Woodward (b. Jan. 1855); w/o Thomas C. Runnion #863;children: Frank Toney #865, Dana Harman #883, Hugh Gene; unnamed girl]

865.  RUNNION, unnamed girl  [unmarked]

b/d April 22, 1915

[d/o Thomas C. Runnion and Sue E. Guinn]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #479, "stillborn"; informant - father; parents named in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

866a.  RUNNION, Frank Toney
b. May 7, 1891 - d. September 13, 1925
[s/o Thomas Clingman Runnion #864a and Sue Guinn #864b]

 

866b.  RUNNION, Dora [SPARKS]
b. September 9, 1892 - d. February 26, 1932
[w/o Frank T. Runnion #865; d/o Henry Sparks and Loretta Harris]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #3860; cause of death "influenza and pneumonia"; died age 37 years; worked in Pottery Factory;  informant W. C. Runion of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried in Martins Creek Cem.

867.  SHELTON, Southwick W.
b. August 10, 1891 - d. December 27, 1976
Sgt. US Army - WWI

868.  SHELTON, Deane S.
b. February 3, 1902 - d. ?
[w/o Southwick W. Shelton #867]

869.  SHELTON, infant [unmarked]
b.? - d. December 7, 1939
[child of Herbert Shelton and Ethel Tipton]

870.  STRICKLAND, John F.
b. December 13, 1899 - February 12, 1968

871.  STRICKLAND, Kate B.
b. February 1, 1905 - d. December 2, 1992
[w/o John F.]

872.  STRICKLAND, Barbara Anne
b. August 14, 1936 - d. April 16, 1940
[d/o John F. Strickland #870 and Kate B. #871]

873a.  POE, James Euel

b. April 16, 1930 - d. September 25, 1987

Cpl. US Army - Korea

 

873b. POE, Katherine Lee

b. December 20, 1931 - d. April 24, 1997

[w/o James Euel #873a]

874.  CRAIN, Mack D.

b. 1891 - d. 1942

[s/o William Melvin Crain and Lydia Emaline Higgins #205 & #115 Higgins Chapel Cem]

875.  CRAIN, Texie [HIGGINS]

b. 1894 - d. 1940

[w/o Mack D. Crain; d/o William M. Higgins and Susanna Crain; children: Lawrence #112 Higgins Chapel Cemetery

876.  HIGGINS, William M.

b. April 4, 1854 - d. [no date]

"Free Mason"

877.  HIGGINS, Susanna [CRAIN]

b. February 12, 1859 - d. July 15, 1932

"Asleep in Jesus"

[w/o William M. Higgins #876; d/o Andrew Jackson Crain and Mary "Polly" Wilson of Bald Mountain, Yancey Co., NC;  children: James Thor, Melton Burton, Lydia M., Woodward G., Mary Jane "Polly", Elizabeth "Texie", Elmer C., Walter B., Naoma "Oma", Floyd M.]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #15914-1932, died age 73; cause of death "Brights Disease"; born on Bald Mnt. Yancey Co., NC, married; informant M.B. Higgins of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

878.  HIGGINS, Julia Alberta [SPEAR]  [unmarked grave]

b. 1865 - d. August 9, 1930

[d/o Jim Spear and Isabelle Carmichael; married George Higgins]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #19895-1930, died age 65; cause of death "heart disease"; married; informant husband of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

879.  HONEYCUTT, Christopher C.

b. 1886 - d. 1965

"Free Mason"

 

880.  HONEYCUTT, Lillie [ADKINS]

b. 1891 - d. 1947

[w/o Christopher Honeycutt]

881a.  HONEYCUTT, Arvil Lee
b. October 25, 1925 - d. November 25, 1925
[s/o Christopher C. "CC" Honeycutt #879 and Lillie Adkins #880]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #347-1925; cause of death "unknown - found dead in bed"; informant father of Erwin; parents mentioned in record; buried "Martins Creek."

 

881b.  HONEYCUTT, infant male [unmarked]

b/d.  September 29, 1917

[s/o Matt Honeycutt and Hattie Miller]

NOTE:  Unicoi Co. death record #514 [1917]; cause of death "premature birth'; parents mentioned in record and buried in Martins Creek Cem.

882.  CARTER, Robert Daniel
b. ? - d. October 5, 1951
[s/o Staff Sgt. R. S. Carter]